Final Report: A Historic Resources Survey of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, 1999

Brockington and Associates, Inc.; Harvey, Bruce

From introduction: "The project area includes three connected parts of the City of Fountain Inn (Figure 1). The Woodside Mill Village consists of Woodside Avenue from Fairview Street to Shaw Street, Fairview Street from Woodside Avenue to the Woodside Mill, and all of the following streets: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth (Shaw). This includes all of the mill village houses, but excludes the Woodside Mill Building. The Central Business District includes Wall Street from Highway 418 to Fairview Street, east along Fairview Street to North Main Street, north on North Main Street to Quillen Avenue, east on Quillen Avenue to Weston Avenue, south on Weston Avenue to Highway 418, and then west on Highway 418 to Wall Street. Finally, the project area includes North Main Street between Quillen Avenue and Gault Street. The Architectural Historian covered all of the public roads within the project area during the survey. The intensive level survey of the project area recorded 187 properties. These are all properties which were built before 1950 and which retain sufficient integrity to be included in the Statewide Survey of Historic Places. The criteria used to determine eligibility for intensive survey are discussed below. The project area contains approximately 3.8 miles of public roads... The objective of this survey has been to identify all above ground historic resources that are eligible for the Statewide Survey of Historic Places in the project area of Fountain Inn. These resources include buildings, structures, districts, and landscapes that have architectural or historical significance. We conducted this research and field work with several goals in mind. First, the project will provide information for public officials in both Fountain Inn and Greenville County to allow them to make informed decisions regarding the impact of development and other public activities on Fountain Inn’s cultural resources, and to set priorities for the protection and use of these resources. We also hope that this project will generate additional public awareness of the presence of cultural resources in the city, and their value to the community. The historical overview contained in this report should assist in the appreciation and understanding of these resources. The results of this survey should also serve as an archival record of Fountain Inn’s historic resources at the time of the survey; this report contains an inventory list of every site recorded during the field work." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Final Report: A Historic Resources Survey of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, 1999

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