Scout & About / Emmett Scott Center, Rock Hill
Posted on: Monday, 14 February 2005, 18:00 CST
What it is: A neighborhood center operated by the city of Rock Hill.
What you can see/do there: The center offers poured pottery and quick landscape painting classes for adults and a Saturday morning hip hop dance class for teen girls, plus basketball practice and new walking trails behind the center. A boxing club meets at the center for practice from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
Other facilities: The swimming pool opens in June. The McGirt Auditorium is available for rent for plays, concerts and dance recitals. There's a community room for wedding receptions, family reunions and birthday parties. The gym can be rented on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons.
Also: The York County Boys and Girls Clubs has an after-school program at the center from 2 to 6 p.m. Efforts are under way to begin a Girls on Track program for middle schoolers.
History: The building was constructed as a high school in 1920 in response to pressure to provide public education for the city's black students. The school closed in 1970, when its black students were moved to Rock Hill High School for integration. It was dedicated as a city neighborhood center in 1973.
No. 1 reason to check it out: Try out the walking trails behind the center, which were new last summer.
Trivia to know: The school was named after Emmett J. Scott, who had been a secretary to Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute and was a high-ranking federal official in Washington, D.C.
Location: 801 Crawford Road.
Hours: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Closed Friday and Sunday.
Cost: Free during regular hours.
More info: Supervisor Loretta Robinson, 329-5661.
Source: Herald; Rock Hill, S.C.
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