County: Greenville County

Greenville County Library System – Travelers Rest

Beginning in 1927 the bookmobile began visiting Travelers Rest each week, but by 1961 more was needed so a branch opened on the second floor of the Saving & Loan building on Main Street. In 1971, the library moved to a larger storefront until September 1996 when the new Sargent Branch opened on Center Street.


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Greenville County Library System – Simpsonville

The Simpsonville branch opened in 1926 located in the front part of a furniture store on South Main Street. In 1940 the library moved into a building funded by the WPA, which was later remodeled. In 1997, the current Hendricks branch opened to the public.


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Greenville County Library System – Berea

The Greenville County Library opened the Berea branch in 1971 in a store front on Cedar Lane Road. It soon began circulating more book than any other branch and soon needed more space. The branch later moved to Highway 25 Bypass and opened April 1998.


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Greenville County Library System – Anderson Road

The bookmobile served the westside regularly until 1975 when the West Branch opened in a storefront at the corner of Easley Bridge Rd. and West Washington Ave. The current Anderson Road branch opened October 2003.


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Sterling High School Yearbooks

Collection of yearbooks from Sterling High School–an African American school started in 1896 and closed when local schools were integrated in 1970.


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Upstate African American Genealogy

Indexes of enslaved persons’ names pulled from probate records across the Upstate of South Carolina.


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Trowbridge Family Papers

A collection of the personal and financial documents of Silas F. Trowbridge. Collection consists of probate documents related to the settlement of the W.C. Trowbridge Estate, promissory notes, and financial accounting notebooks from the late-1800s through the turn-of-the-century. Also contains documents related to the Cleveland family, including receipts for home and farm goods, a letter …


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Miscellaneous Textiles

Collection of textile industry items and photographs from South Carolina.


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Mattoon Presbyterian Church

Mattoon Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1887 and is the oldest African American church still standing in Greenville. It is located at 415 Hampton Avenue.


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Little Texas

Little Texas was an African American community located between Elford Street and Lavinia Avenue. In the late 1960s, neighborhood homes and property were purchased and razed to make way for the Bon Secours Wellness Arena (formerly Bi-Lo Center) 30 years later. Historical marker was dedicated August 12, 2017.


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