Category: Campus
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Ashmore Park: Home of North Greenville Baseball
North Greenville has consistently had a baseball team since 1953. Prior to 1953, the school fielded teams off and on, but it was not consistent. We are not sure when it was built, but there was a crude baseball field down the hill from Neves Hall that was completely redone…
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Serving the North Greenville Community: A History of the Tuttle Clinic Building
There was not a clinic on campus until the late 1950s when Rose Clayton was hired by Dr. Donnan, the college president, as the new campus nurse. At first, Nurse Clayton lived in a small apartment in the middle floor of the old auditorium with her son, Neves, and the…
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The Stud: A History of Student Centers at North Greenville
Generations of students have enjoyed various student centers throughout the school’s history. Affectionately called “The Stud”, the student centers have provided a place for students to fellowship, play, eat, and study. The first student center at North Greenville was in a house that had once belonged to Benjamin F. Neves,…
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Lawton Hall
Throughout the 1950s, the enrollment numbers at North Greenville continued to grow. Taylor Hall was the only men’s dorm on campus that was built to be a dorm, but it could not accommodate every male resident student, and a committee from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools had termed…
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The Heart of Campus: Hester Memorial Library
“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.”― Shelby Foote When principal O.J. Peterson came to North Greenville, there was only one building on campus and a school library was just a dream. In the spring of 1901, Mr. Peterson organized the A.C.H. (Amicitia, Cultura, Humanitas) Literary…
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North Greenville’s Founding Father: Benjamin F. Neves
“As the shadows touch the mountains, so the shadows of those who have loved North Greenville touch the school. And the lengthened shadow upon that hill is that of Benjamin Franklin Neves.” – Jean Martin Flynn Benjamin Franklin Neves was born in Tigerville on March 19, 1852 to parents Alsey…
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The Campus Lakes
In 1950, Dr. George R. Wilkinson donated $500 to North Greenville for a lake to be built on campus. The spot chosen for the lake was about a mile from the center of campus. Construction for the lake began that summer and was completed by the Stephens Brothers. The lake…
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