Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building

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Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building
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Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building
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LocationBroad and Fall Sts., Greenville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°50′50″N82°23′56″W / 34.84722°N 82.39889°W / 34.84722; -82.39889
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
Built byWorking Benevolent State Grand Lodge
MPS Greenville MRA
NRHP reference No. 82003865 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. "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 August 1, 2014.