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Directions: Depart from Heritage Green Place. Turn Right onto Buncombe Street. At the fork of Rutherford Street and Buncombe Street, take the right fork and continue on Rutherford Street. Rutherford Street will eventually become Poinsett Highway (Hwy 25). Continue on Hwy 25 through Travelers Rest. Proceed to Hwy 11 and turn left. Cross the bridge over Hwy 25 and the Hagood House will be just past the bridge on the right.
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The Blythe-Goodwin-Hagood House, built circa 1794, was purchased in 2005 by the Greenville Chapter of the Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Byway Association. The organization plans to restore the house and an adjacent building as a museum and welcome center. Through the requirements of a lease given by Elias Earle in 1793, Robert Cooke built the original 20x16 foot cabin. Over the years additions enlarged the house around the original 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, stagecoach stop, boarding house, trading post, and drovers’ stop.