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[Historic information provided by the family of David Elwood McCuen.]
The home of David and Hallie McCuen on Augusta Street is thought to have been constructed around 1919. David McCuen, a cotton broker, was a charter member of the Greenville Rotary Club. When the home was completed the area was considered in the country, with the pavement and trolley line of Augusta Street ending at Prentiss Avenue. Upon David McCuen’s death in 1951 local newspaper columnist Chas Garrison, who knew McCuen, wrote, “He knew no other way than to treat everyone as though they were creatures created in God’s image. Rank or so-called station in life made no difference to him. All felt the sincerity and the friendliness of the man.”
Today the area is no longer considered country. McDonald’s occupies the site of the former McCuen home. Augusta Street is no longer a dirt road but a four-lane road connecting downtown Greenville to the interstate and beyond. A thriving business district has grown along the road with a variety of retail shops and restaurants available for patrons.
