First Presbyterian Church Greenville
This church was founded in 1848 by sixteen members. On this corner, a wooden sanctuary was built in 1851 on land donated by Vardry McBee. In 1883 church growth prompted construction of a larger, brick Gothic Revival building. Later stuccoed, the 1883 sanctuary was largely demolished and rebuilt in 1986-87. In 1893 the church helped organize Chicora College, a women’s institution located in Greenville until 1915.
In 1924, Boy Scout Troop 11 was established by the church. Since the 1870s the church helped found a number of Presbyterian churches in the Upstate. By the early 1920s, the congregation exceeded 1,000. A large Sunday School wing was added in 1929. Later expansions accommodated growing membership and provided facilities for education, special events, music, arts, and ministry.
Where it stands. NW corner of W. Washington St. and Richardson St., Greenville, Greenville