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Historic photograph available from the Greenville Historical Society.
This photograph shows a view of the corner of South Main and Washington streets in the early 20th century. The two-story building with a seamed metal roof was the first location of Greenville’s quality shoe store, Patton, Tilman & Bruce. The next prominent occupant of this building was Hale’s Jewelers. The three-story building on the right is the Mauldin Building. Various offices occupied the top floors, while several different retail stores were on the ground floor.
Today four restaurants occupy the location. Yap, an Asian fusion restaurant operates in what was once Patton, Tilman & Bruce. Where Abraham Katz once sold clothes, the Cantinflas restaurant serves Mexican and vegetarian food. The three-story Mauldin Building is gone. In the buildings that replaced the Mauldin Building are The Orient on Main, serving Asian dishes, and Sushi Muraski, serving Japanese cuisine.
[From “Remembering Greenville: Photographs from the Coxe Collection,” by Jeffrey R. Willis]
