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The Beattie House, built in the 1830s
by Fountain Fox Beattie as a present to his wife, Emily Hamlin of Charleston,
is currently the location of the Greenville Woman's Club. The two-story Italianate
house is one of the oldest structures in the city. It displays beautiful woodwork,
a winding stairway, and tall Renaissance columns. In 1949, in danger of being
razed, a group of women arranged to have the house moved to 1 Beattie Place.
Finally, in 1983, the house was moved once more to its current location near
Park Avenue.
Directions:
Depart from Heritage Green Place. Turn left onto Buncombe
Street. Proceed to Academy Street and turn left. From Academy Street, turn
left onto Main Street and go one block to Park Avenue. Turn right onto Park
Avenue and go to Bennett Street. Turn left onto Bennett Street and the Beattie
House (location of the Greenville Women's Club) will be on the right.
- Dellinger, Patty K. "Greenville
Woman's Club." The Greenville News 8 April, 1979: 3D.
- James, Claudette. "'Gracious Wealth,'
Victorian Age Lives at Woman's Club Home." The Greenville News 11 December,
1983: 1F.
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