Designed by George Barber, this Queen Anne was built in 1896. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in the 1930s.
John Calvin Owings House-Laurens, South Carolina
Category Archives: -South Carolina
Bank-Lowndesville, South Carolina
Abbeville County
Built in 1890, this building first served the community of Lowndesville as a bank and then a post office.
Baker House-Lowndesville, South Carolina
Abbeville County
Store and Fraternal Lodge-Lowndesville, South Carolina
Abbeville County
From what I understand, the bottom served as a store, and the top floor was used as a fraternal lodge.
The Wonder of Life Monument-Spartanburg, South Carolina
In Spartanburg, South Carolina’s Greenlawn Cemetery, there is an impressive monument, sculpted by Bernard Zimmerman , called “The Wonder of Life.” Commissioned by the cemetery, it’s one of the largest monuments I’ve seen in a lawn cemetery. Each sculpted figure (18 in total) represents different aspects of life. It was restored a a few years ago, and the trees that surrounded it were removed.
Post Office-Glenn Springs, South Carolina
Spartanburg County
Built around 1900, the post office used be next to the hotel, but when it burned, the town decided to move the post office to this location. The first postmaster, Robert Allen Cates, also ran the Cates Store. This is a contributing building to the Historic District of Glenn Springs.