Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Federal Building

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

308 E Washington St

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Site Number:

1879

Control Number:

U/45/1879

Date Surveyed:

November 14 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1937

Historic Use:

Government

Current Use:

Government

Architect or Builder:

Eric McKebbon

Number of Stories:

3

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stone Veneer

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

raised seam metal

National Register Determination:

eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

3-story, granite building w/monumental, pedimented portico supported by square granite pilasters; recessed panels w/decorative central block at 2nd and 3rd floor windows; 8/12 and 10/10 windows; granite belt course and cornice

Historical Information:

Designed by Eric McKebbon, the Haynsworth Federal Building was completed in 1937 as US post office, courthouse, and federal office building. The building was later named for Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. (1912-1989), a Greenville attorney appointed as judge for Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1957. He was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to the US Supreme Court in 1969, but was not confirmed. Haynsworth remained on the Fourth Circuit until his death.

Source of Historical Information:

Huff, p. 348, 410; SHPO files

Quadrangle Name:

Greenville

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