http://misspreservation.com/2010/02/11/a-trip-to-greenville/ It ain't all moonlight and magnolias Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://misspreservation.com/2010/02/11/a-trip-to-greenville/#comment-8296 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:30:57 +0000 http://misspreservation.com/?p=4145#comment-8296 Regarding the as you call it ” creepy” gravestone of Leroy Percy, the last line in the poem refers to the wall which existed on the grounds of the Percy residence. I believe it deteriorated years ago but was infamous in Greenville history. There was even a poem written about it, “The Wall”.

]]> http://misspreservation.com/2010/02/11/a-trip-to-greenville/#comment-1026 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:13:01 +0000 http://misspreservation.com/?p=4145#comment-1026 Carrie Stern is one of my all-time favorite schools–the Art Deco interior is so completely unexpected after that stately Colonial Revival exterior! The 1960s must have been quite a time to be in Greenville. Downtown was probably still going strong, but the Highway 82 strip was booming too?

]]> http://misspreservation.com/2010/02/11/a-trip-to-greenville/#comment-1020 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:14:28 +0000 http://misspreservation.com/?p=4145#comment-1020 I enjoyed seeing the photographs of the old buildings in Greenville. Back in the sixties, I spent a year of my life there teaching school. Greenville is full of beautiful old buildings, one being Carrie Stern Elementary where I taught.

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