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Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Gassaway Mansion

Street Address:

106 DuPont Dr

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Site Number:

0016

Control Number:

U/45/0016

Date Surveyed:

February 26 2003

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1919 – 1924

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Social

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Architect or Builder:

Minnie Quinn Gassaway

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stone Veneer

Roof Shape:

gable, end to front

Roof Materials:

slate

Porch Width:

full facade

Porch Shape:

pedimented gable

National Register Determination:

listed

Signficant Architectural Features:

highly eclectic composition; 2-story Classical Revival stone building fronts a Medieval stone keep; stone from Vardry McBee mill; gable roof w/hip roof wings; slate; arched dormers on sides; pedimented portico on 4 monumental Tuscan columns; denticulated cornice and modillions; single-leaf entry w/Classical surround and fanlight flanked by tall 3-part multi-light windows under fanlight; balcony w/turned balusters above entry; 6/6 (arched openings on 1st floor); 3-story crenellated tower rises from middle of building; projecting 1-story wings w/open arcades and crenellated parapets; flat roof dormers(?) shletered by pergolas; detached1 1/2-story, 3-bay, stone garage; detached modern 2-story brick and glass building (part of art museum?)

Historical Information:

Minnie Quinn Gassaway, former proprietor of the Ottaray Hotel, married textile baron Walter L. Gassaway and designed their eclectic estate. Mrs. Gassaway took correspondence course in architecture and combined her favorite historic themes in the building, which was constructed for $150,000 and was built of stone from Vardry McBee's cotton mill. Later house was used for city's first art museum.

Source of Historical Information:

NR nomination. Wells & Dalton 1992, p. 55.

Quadrangle Name:

Greenville

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