Simpsonville in Greenville County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Simpsonville Library

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, February 22, 2021

1. Simpsonville Library Marker (front)

Inscription.
(front)
The Classical Revival building, constructed in 1940, was the Simpsonville Branch of the Greenville County Library until 1997. The first town library started ca. 1915 when Miss Nannie Cox, a literature teacher, placed books in the window of R.D. Jones’s furniture store on South Main Street. A formal library was later on the second floor of the Simpsonville City Hall on East Curtis Street. (Continued on other side) (back) (Continued from other side) This building, the first separate library in the town, was built by the Work Projects Administration at a cost $7,400, with significant local donations as well. It features two reading rooms, one often serving as a community center. The library was renovated and expanded in 1968. It closed in 1997 with the opening of the Hendricks Branch of the Greenville County Library on Northeast Main Street.

Erected 2014 by City of Simpsonville and Ralph and Virginia Hendricks Foundation. (Marker Number 23-60.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. 34° 44.341′ N, 82° 15.116′ W. Marker is in Simpsonville, South Carolina

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, in Greenville County. It is at the intersection of Academy Street (County Highway 545) and East Curtis Street (State Highway 417), on the right when traveling north on Academy Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102 Academy Street, Simpsonville SC 29681, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate

and in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Simpsonville Baptist Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Simpsonville Elementary School / Simpsonville High School (about 400 feet away); Simpsonville Municipal Cemetery (about 600 feet away); The Simpsonville Potato House (about 700 feet away); Simpsonville (approx. 0.2 miles away); Holy Cross Episcopal Church Labyrinth (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hendricks' Plaza (approx. ¼ mile away); Simpsonville Clock Tower (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Simpsonville.

Simpsonville Library Marker (back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, February 22, 2021

2. Simpsonville Library Marker (back)

Simpsonville Library Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, February 22, 2021

3. Simpsonville Library Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 11, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 544 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 11, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.