Davenport Bldg.

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

The Dollar Store

Street Address:

17 S. Laurens, Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)

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Site Number:

22 (1-3-3)

Date Surveyed:

circa 1981

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1905

Historic Use:

Commerce/Trade

Current Use:

Commerce/Trade

Number of Stories:

3

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

Flat

Signficant Architectural Features:

3 story brick masonry - dentils above first floor entryways and topped with diamond bar glass transom. Stone arch spans 3rd floor and finished with key stone. Quoins. Cornice removed. N. Main facade description on back. Building Houses One Hour Yalet (dry cleaners now out of business) and Tinsley Mfg. Jewlers. 3 story building - storefront altered and topped with stone beltcourse. Second floor possesses two sets of triple windows. Spandrels containing a central brick diamond motif separates the second and third story windows. Third floor windows are arched and topped with keystones. Heavy stone bracketing and modillions top buildings. Building possesses quoin motif brick facing.

Alterations:

Cornice removed

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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