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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRRK_chicora-college_Greenville-SC.html
The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina established Chicora College for Young Ladies in 1893 as "McBee's Terrace," opposite the Greenville Coach Factory on the south bank of the Reedy. Its sixteen acre campus, with grounds landscaped down to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3Z_greenville-county-courthouse-the-willie-earle-lynching-trial_Greenville-SC.html
[Front] This Beaux Arts building, built in 1916-18, was the fourth Greenville County Courthouse, from 1918 to 1950. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The largest lynching trial in U.S. history was held here May 12-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3Y_the-lynching-of-willie-earle_Greenville-SC.html
[Front] The Willie Earle lynching was the last recorded in S.C. and the one of the last in the South. On the night of February 15, 1947, white cabdriver Thomas W. Brown was found mortally wounded beside his cab in Pickens County. Earle, a young bl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQU6_woodlawn-memorial-park-veterans-memorial_Greenville-SC.html
In honor of those who servedin the Armed Forces of theUnited States of America
In Memory ofAll American VeteransThis memorial honors all American veterans who, although separate by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal — to valian…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPYL_fulton-h-anthony-memorial-bridge_Greenville-SC.html
Named in honor ofPatrolman Anthonywho was killed nearnere March 10, 1973while performing his dutyas a highway patrolmanandin recognition of his lifeof service as a conscientiousloyal and dedicatedlaw enforcement officer.Erected in 1981in the50th A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP56_downtown-baptist-church_Greenville-SC.html
Chartered September 23, 1974Placed on the National Registerof Historic Places August 1977Sanctuary designed bySamuel Sloan of PhiladelphiaErected in 1857 and Dedicated February 21, 1858
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZZ_furman-university_Greenville-SC.html
Established in 1826 in Edgefield as an academy and theological institution, Furman University was charted in 1850 and in 1851 established a campus on the bluff above this spot, where it remained for the next century. Named for Baptist minister Ric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLRL_the-buncombe-road_Greenville-SC.html
This road, long in use,was completed in 1820during the administration ofJoel R. Poinsett, presidentof the Board of Public Works.Paved July 1926.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML19_linky-stone-park_Greenville-SC.html
Linky Stone Park is home to the Children's Garden today, but it was a very different place in the early 1900s while Greenville was evolving from a farming town to a textile (cloth) producing city. Stone Manufacturing was founded here and its dress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX7_history-of-the-reedy-river_Greenville-SC.html
The Reedy is Greenville's river. Its flowing waters have nourished the city and its people for centuries, and its falls are the reason why Greenville is located where it is. But Greenville's people have not always been kind to the river, and now i…