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

John L. Plyler Home

Photographed by Julia Cowart, August 4, 2015

1. Side 1 of John L. Plyler Home Marker

Inscription. (side 1)
This house was the boyhood home and birthplace of John L. Plyler (1894-1966), a Furman University alumnus and Harvard Law School graduate who served as an attorney, judge, and dean of the Furman University Law School before becoming the seventh president of Furman University in 1939. Plyler was Furman’s longest serving president, remaining in that post until his retirement in 1964. (Continued on other side) (side 2) (Continued from other side) During Plyler’s tenure as president he supported the first written campus statement on academic freedom, aligning Furman with the Statement on the Principles of Academic Freedom and Tenure of 1940. Plyler also oversaw the development of a new university campus north of Greenville, where classes began in 1958, and the physical unification of Furman University and the Greenville Woman’s College on that new campus several years later.

Erected 2015 by Furman University. (Marker Number 23-68.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.

Location. 34° 58.237′ N, 82° 26.75′ W. Marker is in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, in Greenville

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County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 276) and Henderson Drive (County Road 934), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Located on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 302 North Main Street, Travelers Rest SC 29690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s and pstate,

in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area, in the Foothills. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Broadus Watson (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lynching in America / The Lynching of Tom Keith (approx. 2.4 miles away); Laodicea Langston Springfield (approx. 2½ miles away); Furman University 50th Anniversary Plaza (approx. 2.9 miles away); Furman University (approx. 2.9 miles away); Dr. John Todd Anderson (approx. 2.9 miles away); "Old College" (approx. 2.9 miles away); Greenville Woman’s College Bell (approx. 2.9 miles away).

Side 2 of John L. Plyler Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Julia Cowart, August 4, 2015

2. Side 2 of John L. Plyler Home Marker

Dr. John L. Plyler, Furman University president (1939-1964) image. Click for full size.

circa 1964

3. Dr. John L. Plyler, Furman University president (1939-1964)

Courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Furman University

1893

4. 1893 photograph of Plyler home in Travelers Rest, SC

Courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Furman University

Modern day view of boyhood home of John L. Plyler image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Julia Cowart, January 5, 2013

5. Modern day view of boyhood home of John L. Plyler

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2015, by Julia Cowart of Greenville, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 658 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 4, 2015, by Julia Cowart of Greenville, South Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.