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Court Square on South Main Street underwent extensive rebuilding in the mid-1920s. After the demolition of the 1822 courthouse/Record Building, a 10-story office building was erected on the site at a cost of $250,000. This skyscraper came to symbolize the “New Greenville.” The Chamber of Commerce was housed on the first floor. The remaining floors were rented out as offices, and the Haynsworth Law Firm occupied the top floor. When the Depression hit, the Chamber of Commerce lost ownership. The building then became the home of the Liberty Life Insurance Company, organized in 1919 by W. Frank Hipp.
[From “Remembering Greenville: Photographs from the Coxe Collection,” by Jeffrey R. Willis]
The Chamber building looks as it did in 1924 when it was completed.
Eagles face away from one another above the South Main Street entrance to the Chamber building.
The cornice of the Chamber building as it looks today.
The South Main Street entrance hallway of the Chamber Building.
