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Historic photograph available from the Greenville Historical Society
Not long after Furman University moved to Greenville, the Baptist Convention voted to establish a female college under the same board of trustees. Classes began at Greenville Female College on a limited scale in 1855. The first full session was in 1856. Construction of the college’s main building was begun in 1858, with the additional wings added later. It provided space for classrooms, offices and dormitories. In 1914 the name of the institution was altered to Greenville Woman’s College. During the Depression, matters of finance dictated that GWC become the Woman’s College of Furman University.
[ From “Remembering Greenville: Photographs from the Coxe Collection” by Jeffrey R. Willis ]
The college moved north to the consolidated campus where it is located today in 1961. The former site of the Greenville Woman’s College is home to Heritage Green and the Children’s Museum of the Upstate, the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville Little Theatre, Hughes Main Library of the Greenville County Library System, the Upcountry History Museum and the Museum and Gallery at Heritage Green.
