Wyche, C. Granville, house

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

2900 Augusta Rd

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Site Number:

0030

Control Number:

U/45/0030

Date Surveyed:

March 11 2003

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1930 – 1932

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Architect or Builder:

S. D. Trowbridge, architect; Potter-Shackleford Construction Co., builders

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

tile

Porch Width:

facade

Porch Shape:

flat

National Register Determination:

listed

Signficant Architectural Features:

2-1/2 story, 5-bay Italian Renaissance Revival style house w/1-story wings; cream-colored brick; terra cotta tile hip roof; central hip dormer; denticulated cornice w/modillions; 2-story portico on paired monumental Corinthian columns w/full entablature; single-leaf entry w/Classical surround, sidelights, and fanlight; 1/1 windows w/arched openings and decorated stucco window heads on 1st floor; side wings topped by balustrades; detached matching 2-bay garage

Historical Information:

C. Granville Wyche, a prominent Greenville attorney and judge, built this country estate at the beginning of the Depression on then unpaved Augusta Road. Designed by Atlanta architect S. D. Trowbridge, the 4100 sq. ft. house was begun in 1930 and completed in 1932 at a cost of $25,000. Trowbridge, a Greenville native and Furman graduate, designed several other buildings in the city.

Source of Historical Information:

NR nomination

Quadrangle Name:

Greenville

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