York County Natural Gas Dedicates The Stephenson Administrative Center
Friday September 23, 2011
On Friday York County Natural Gas Authority, surprised, long time friend, Mr. Willie Stephenson with the of dedication their original building in his honor. Willie Stephenson has been a friend to both YCH Architects and York County Natural Gas for many years. In 1986 Willie, the Manager at York County Natural Gas Authority in Rock Hill, South Carolina, purchased a piece of property to become the new headquarters for YCNG. The property was the former Pepsi Cola Bottling plant, and the building was in desperate need of repairs. Willie contacted many architects, who all told him he would be better off to tear it down and start from scratch. He was then introduced by a mutual friend to a young architect who had just recently started his own firm. Dennis Yates, looked though the building and although it was in rough shape, he too could see Willie’s vision. With much hard work and dedication on the part of Dennis Yates and the consulting engineers the now named Stephenson Administration Building became the icon that York County knows it today.
YCH Architects was proud to be at the dedication of the Stephenson Administration Building and happy to call Willie our friend.
