Category: Buildings
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Wingo Hall: The Dorm Built After Disaster
On Saturday, March 11, 1916, a fire took the first girl’s dorm on campus. “Mother” Wingo lived in the dorm and her piano was one of the only items saved from the blaze. Thankfully, no one was injured because the fire started while everyone was attending an E.Q.V. and A.C.H.…
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Wood’s General Store
“Willie had groceries, Willie had clothes, back in the back was a pot-bellied stove. I used to think it was the fire that felt so warm, but it was friends and it was home. I sure do miss it since I’ve been gone. Sweet memory come and take me back…
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Built by Faith and Blood: North Greenville’s Second Administration Building
In the early 1900s, North Greenville was struggling financially. The trustees, risking their own financial future, kept the school doors open by co-signing mortgages on the property. They believed in the mission of North Greenville and they were willing to risk it all to save the little school on the…
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A Beginning Lost to Fire: North Greenville’s First Administration Building
North Greenville has had three administration buildings in its 130 history. Today, we will take a look at the very first one. When you walked up to the first administration building, you were met with porches that ran across the front and down the sides. As you walked in, you…
From These Roots 