Results for subject term "Historic Churches and Synagogues in the Clemson/Greenville Area": 3
Christ (Episcopal) Church
Christ Church came to be largely as a result of Vardry McBee, known as the “Father of Greenville,” a businessman who created downtown Greenville when he built a number of mills and business in the city. McBee gave land for the creation of the first…
Beth Israel Synagogue
Though there had been a Jewish population within Greenville dating back to 1790s, they did not congregate together for worship in great numbers until 1910. This was the result of the rise of working-class Jewish immigrants to the Greenville area, and…
The Old Stone Church
Construction of the Old Stone Church began in 1797 by a group of local Hopewell Presbyterians after their original meeting hall burned down in the 1790s.
While it is uncertain as to why the church was constructed out of stone, potential…