Isaqueena

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Gassaway Mansion

Street Address:

106 DuPont Drive, Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)

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Site Number:

324-016.00

Date Surveyed:

circa 1981;circa 1978

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1924

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Religion;Education

Number of Stories:

3

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stone Veneer

Foundation Materials:

Stone

Roof Shape:

Gable

Roof Materials:

Slate

Signficant Architectural Features:

Description: 3 story, Gothic; 4 story tower with crendated parapet; stone masonry; full basement; Greek Revival portico 3 stories; 1 exterior rear chimney, 1 interior and 1 interior double stone chimneys; monumental portico w/full entablature; cadorn bond stone masonry; castellated tower; enclosed arcade w/leaded glass; semi-elliptical arch dormers; 6/6/ and 4/1 sash windows; tripart elliptical arched windows w/leaded glass trandsoms; transom and broken pediment around front door; padlladian windwo in typmpanum; castellated side portico and porte cochere; keystone over each window; bracketed cornice w/dentil molding highlights. Outbuildings: 3-car garage w/servant's apartment Historical Significance: landmark in Greenville; built in the '20s by Walter Gassaway, local banker and mill owner; he went bankrupt in 1930 and house reverted to the bank

Survey:

The Historic Resources of Greenville, SC (1981)

Archives Location:

Box 6, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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