The Gassaway Mansion, built between 1920 and 1924 by Walter and Minnie Quinn Gassaway and costing $790,000, is one of Greenville's most astonishing structures. In 1919, the stones for the exterior of the house were gathered from a mill which had once belonged to Vardry McBee and had been constructed in downtown Greenville along the Reedy River. The interior of the house contains wood paneling and flooring from New York, tiles from Italy, and stained glass windows from Tiffany's. In 1959, the Greenville Art Association purchased the house and property, and in 1977, the Emmanuel Temple used the house as a church school. Today, William and Janette Thompson and daughter and son-in-law, Colleen and Marc Wheeler, own the house and its 22,000 square feet, 5 floors, and 40 rooms.]]> root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x500+hicon=0x510 -82.37374199999999,34.86182,0 Northwest Tour Rock House 0

In 1784, Capt. William Young, a hero of the American Revolution, was granted the land on which the Rock House stands. The house was constructed sometime between 1784 and 1819. According to tradition, the house was constructed for Young's bride after his release from a British prison. It is said that the stone for the home's construction was hauled by oxcart from Caesar's Head and laid by a Scottish stonemason. According to an 1875 newpaper article, the rock for the windows and doorframes came from Caesar's Head while the rock used elsewhere came from a quarry on Young's property. The colonial Rock House contains walls varying in size from 18 to 34 inches as well as deep recessed windows, large stone chimneys, and a large central hall with a stairway ascending to four large bedrooms. Since its completion, the Rock House, one of Greenville's oldest residences, has served as a stagecoach stop, a post office, a possible fort, and its current use as a home.]]> -82.42878325996475 34.90334230245328 1551.553022838832 -3.871576190463064e-011 -0.01575849536360218 root://styles#default+icon=0x307 -82.43187275475584,34.90366778843379,0 Batson's Mill 0

Following the Civil War and Reconstruction, the South aspired to bring itself out from the devastation the era had brought. Perry Batson sought to do so with his mill, built on land previously owned by A.J. Green. Batson farmed, peddled, blacksmithed, and operated a small store, gristmill, sawmill, shingle mill, syrup mill, and cotton gin. For several years Batson and his sons held the mill in their ownership. Today, the mill stands approximately two miles out of Travelers Rest. The mill is in a deteriorating condition, but everything, including the gristmill and cotton gin, seems to be intact.]]> -82.47037151107318 34.94898035304465 3081.313407306584 2.433469903878381e-011 -0.03957568179550126 #khStyle674 -82.47879654088985,34.94945152216923,0 Hagood House 0

The Hagood House, currently owned by the Hagoods, is a two-story structure with its beginnings in the late 1700's. Through the requirements of a lease given by Elias Earle in 1793, Robert Cooke built the original 20X16-foot cabin. In 1860, the property, then owned by John H. Goodwin was increased to 600 acres. Throughout its history, the various owners have operated the house as a post office, a stagecoach stop, a trading post, a boarding house, and a drover's stop.]]> -82.44913591946136 35.10765659473039 3267.739338230617 -1.749704020890779e-011 -0.0274840317049066 #khStyle674 -82.46043687663543,35.10926531208629,0 Poinsett Bridge 0

The Poinsett Bridge, built in 1820, on present day State Highway #42, near the Boy Scout camp, Old Indian, was once a part of the state road leading from Charleston to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The bridge commissioned by Joel R. Poinsett, stretches 130 feet over Little Gap Creek and features a remarkable 14-foot Gothic arch. Most historians believe the bridge to have been designed by Robert Mills.]]> 2001-04-20T08:00:00Z #khStyle787 -82.38416700000001,35.1296,0 Northeast Tour 0 Pelham Mill and Post Office 0

In 1816, Rev. Thomas Hutchings and others from Rhode Island traveled to Spartanburg in hopes of establishing a cotton mill on the Tyger River. Hutchings left the group, moved to Greenville, purchased 300 acres of land along the Enoree River from Charles Dean, and perhaps built his mill. There is documentation that a factory already existed on the property in 1820, but research is inconclusive as to the type of factory. After Hutching's death, Josiah Kilgore and Philip C. Lester owned the mill. Eventually the mill was sold to Arthur Barnwell who renamed the mill the Pelham Manufacturing Co. The town, Buena Vista, was also renamed Pelham. The mill remained in operation until 1935 and in 1941 the mill buildings and warehouse burned.]]> -82.22578956617043 34.85766472678611 823.8922861947109 2.772964012589203e-010 0.09100131976768583 #khStyle787 -82.22665522381108,34.85682853480191,0 Edwards Mill 0

There were three Joseph Edwards in Greenville in the early 1800s: father, son, and grandson. According to tradition, Edwards Mill was built in the 1790's on Mountain Creek of the Enoree River by Joseph Edwards, the father. Tradition also says that Joseph Edwards built the mill on land sold to him by Isaac Green. Recent research indicates that Isaac Green never sold any land to a Joseph Edwards and that no Joseph Edwards owned land on Mountain Creek until 1818. However, in 1852 experienced gristmill operator, Joseph Edwards, the grandson, announced that some new mills had been built on Mountain Creek on land that formerly belonged to his father and grandfather. There is no documentation that these mills were the first ones built by a Joseph Edwards or if these mills were built over the burned ruins of Joseph Edwards, the father's mill. There is no primary documentation that the mill known today as Edwards Mill was in fact built by Joseph Edwards, the father or son. In June 1898, this third Joseph Edwards gave his mill tract to his son B. Perry Edwards.]]> -82.31887487424397 34.92688975431334 1243.396356023584 1.104419777431447e-010 0.03750361779558669 #khStyle787 -82.32100873429619,34.92521399889726,0 Chick Springs Gazebo and Bathhouse 0

In the mid-nineteenth century, Chick Springs became an elite resort. The resort's hotel soon became a hospital after the resort closed. When the hospital director died in 1932, Norris Manufacturing Company was built on the former resort site. Shown above is all that remains of the resort. Chick Springs was once a place where faithful believers of the mineral water would come and drink the water, hoping to be restored in the healing power of the water.]]> -82.28839943522192 34.92925328308079 622.0172850253738 2.213839856378617e-010 0.05495056738686574 #khStyle787 -82.28985658066719,34.92882387380713,0 Gilreath's Mill 0

Built in 1812, Gilreath's Mill was built and operated by Joel Bruce on land he owned between 1801-1840. At first, this two-story mill was a corn mill, but after 1890, it became a flour mill. Washington Taylor bought this mill in 1873, and then in 1890, P.D. Gilreath became the owner of the mill. Gilreath's Mill remains in the ownership of the Gilreath family even today.]]> -82.27312042418373 34.96882916087819 1669.597355607835 2.176836445941045e-010 0.0636964072439824 #khStyle787 -82.27950028588464,34.97059184054225,0 Campbell Covered Bridge 0

Built in 1909, the Campbell Covered Bridge remains the only covered bridge in South Carolina. Charles Irwin Willis erected the 38-foot long, 12-foot wide pine structure across the Beaverdam Creek on Pleasant Hill road. Locals believe that the bridge was named for Lafayette Campbell, who at the time that the bridge was built owned 194 acres near the bridge. Records, providing some evidence from the Greenville City and County Directory, show that A.L. Campbell was once the owner of the 194-acre Highland Township. In 1966 major restoration work was completed on the bridge and just recently improvements were made for a Boy Scout Eagle Award.]]> -82.26013440184576 35.08221324206525 1791.724121924332 2.242469719507935e-010 0.07112555893324363 #khStyle787 -82.26414379159076,35.08583843523585,0