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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMADN_lake-conestee-in-transition_Greenville-SC.html
At its largest, Lake Conestee's water surface covered about 130 acres - the area inside the colored boundaries shown on the four aerial photos. This original lake was created when the current dam at the mill was constructed about 1892. As the City…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMADB_sans-souci_Greenville-SC.html
(Front):This early twentieth century suburb takes its name from Sans Souci, the nearby house and estate of Gov. Benjamin F. Perry (1805-1886). Perry, a prominent Unionist before the Civil War, was appointed provisional governor of S.C. by Presiden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABK_gassaway-mansion_Greenville-SC.html
Built in 1919 byWalter & Minnie QuinnGassawayNational Historic Register
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABC_south-carolinas-first-national-bank_Greenville-SC.html
This historic site, home of South Carolina's first nationally charted bank in 1873, has served as the cornerstone of the spirit of community banking in Greenville ever since. Carolina First Bank is honored to uphold the banking heritage that puts …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAAE_mrs-james-williams_Greenville-SC.html
In 1812Mrs. James WilliamsBorn Elizabeth BlackburnWidow of a Revolutionary Officer of Ga.and Mother-in-Law ofChan. Waddy Thompsonwas Buried Here.Her's was the First Grave in this CemeteryOnce the Chancellor's Garden.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9VB_in-1825_Greenville-SC.html
In 1825Erected on This SiteThe First Churchin GreenvilleChrist Church
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9G9_mill-village_Greenville-SC.html
On the hills surrounding this site, a twenty-seven acre mill village, complete with churches, mill store and recreation grounds once served the Camperdown and Vardry Mills. Houses were built on both sides of the river. The foundations and road bed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9G8_river-lodge_Greenville-SC.html
In Memory ofJames Alden SimpsonDevoted friend and supporter ofReedy River Falls Historic Park
Given byAllen Johnson SimpsonJames Alden Simpson, Jr.Daniel Lanier Simpsonand Families
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9G5_old-mill-ruins_Greenville-SC.html
Vardry MillIn 1874 Vardry McBee's heirs leased and renovated an old grain mill on this property to Massachusetts natives O.H. Sampson and George Hall. First called Sampson, Hall & Co. by its founders, the textile mill consisted of two, three-story…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9G3_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…