Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building | |
 Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building, March 2012 | |
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| Location | Broad and Fall Sts., Greenville, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°50′50″N 82°23′56″W / 34.84722°N 82.39889°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1922 |
| Built by | Working Benevolent State Grand Lodge |
| MPS | Greenville MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003865 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 1, 1982 |
Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building is a historic office building located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a three-story, steel frame brick building. The building housed offices for African-American doctors, lawyers, dentists, a newspaper, and insurance firms and housed the first black mortuary in Greenville. The temple was also the center for Greenville's civil rights activities during the 1960s. [2] [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building, Greenville County (Broad & Fall Sts., Greenville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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