Brutontown

Brutontown (HMEMB)

Location: Greenville, SC 29609 Greenville County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 52.317', W 82° 24.067'

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Brutontown, an historic African-American community, grew up around the intersection of Paris Mountain Rd. and Rutherford Rd. Benjamin Bruton, a mulatto freedman, bought 1.75 acres here in 1874. He built a house and blacksmith shop, labeled "Bruton's Shop" on Kyser's 1882 map of Greenville County. Other blacks, a few of them tradesmen like Bruton but most tenant farmers, soon moved to this area. By 1880 sixty African-American families lived here.

[Reverse]:
The community, on both sides of Rutherford Rd., was known as "Brutontown" by about 1900. In 1921 farm land was subdivided into town lots, in an area 2 blocks deep and 6 blocks wide. Bruton Temple Baptist Church, the first church here, was founded in 1921. By 1930 Brutontown numbered about 300 residents. The three-acre "Society Burial Ground" on Leo Lewis St., dating from before the Civil War, includes many graves of slaves, free blacks, and freedmen.
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HM NumberHMEMB
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Marker Number23-38
Year Placed2009
Placed ByGreenville County Redevelopment Authority
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 2:35am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 371942 N 3859738
Decimal Degrees34.87195000, -82.40111667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 52.317', W 82° 24.067'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 52' 19.02" N, 82° 24' 4.02" W
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Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 400-414 S-23-21, Greenville SC 29609, US
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