Maternity Shelter Hospital

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Sunbelt Human Advacement Resources

Street Address:

1200 Pendleton Street, Greenville, SC (Greenville County)

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Site Number:

S108042000001031

Site Number:

4788

Control Number:

U/45/4788

Tax Number:

0119000103600

Date Surveyed:

November 10 2017

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1954

Alteration Date:

circa 1970

Historic Use:

Health Care

Current Use:

Social

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1 story

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

entrance bay only

Porch Shape:

gable

National Register Determination:

eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Mid-century Modern style archiectural elements. Central porte-cochere with front facing gable with row of vertical posts as a screen. Aluminum frame windows grouped in linear windows. Minimal decorative detail. Low-pitched roof, wide overhang eaves.

Alterations:

Rear porch at west elevation with cast iron balustrade. Addition on west side c. 1970.

Historical Information:

Former site of Grennville Elementary School (Parker School District). In 1954, that school was razed, and Lawrence Peter Hollis founded and commissioned the construction of the Maternity Shelter Hospital. Hollis was an Greenville community advocate.

Source of Historical Information:

Deed Book 90, page 230; Sanborn Maps; Huff (book)

Survey:

City of Greenville Historic Resources Survey - 2017

Quadrangle Name:

207

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