As Robert Prevost, Pope Leo VIV lived here with his parents, Mildred and Louis, and his two brothers. The Prevost family purchased the three-bedroom new in 1949. Pope Leo was born in 1955 and lived here until he was fourteen. He went away and started seminary high school in 1969. The family stayed here until the 1990s.
After he was named the new pope, the town of Dolton purchased the home in 2025 and plan to preserve it. .
Located on Connecticut Avenue in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this 1913 Craftsman bungalow was home to the Boyd family from 1919 until the 1970s. Mrs. Boyd was known for garden, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if the azaleas were planted by her.
In the 1920s, Greenville decided they were going to demolish the city’s records building, and a local utilities executive, William B. Ellis, supposedly sent employees with a caravan of trucks to gather the stone from the building to build his new home atop a hill overlooking downtown Greenville.
The Ellis family lived in the home until the early 1990s.
The home is currently for sale. The listing can be found here.
This Tudor-inspired house was built in 1928. Walter and Susie Watters were the first family to call this house their home.
Built in 1915, the Cecil House is located in the Hampton Heights neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Phillip Cecil was a noted builder in Spartanburg and built many houses and businesses around town.
The William T. and Virginia Magness House was built in 1911 in the Hampton Heights neighborhood of Spartanburg, South Carolina. William was a local builder who, unfortunately, passed away at 37, just 4 years after the house was completed.
