Textile Hall

Textile Hall is a South Carolina historical marker in Greenville, Greenville County, dedicated 2006.

Greenville County · dedicated 2006 · W. Washington St. near its intersection with N. Academy St., Greenville, Greenville

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Front: Textile Hall, built in 1917 to host the annual Southern Textile Exposition, stood on this side until 1992. The first exposition of the Southern Textile Association had been held in Greenville in 1915. Textile Hall, designed by J.E. Sirrine & Co. at a cost of $130,000, was a five-story Renaissance Revival building; its facade featured a limestone tablet bearing the initials “STE” for “Southern Textile Exposition” and the words “Textile Hall.” Reverse: When built, Textile Hall was described as “a fitting monument to . . . the proper cooperative spirit.” It hosted the Southern Textile Exposition from 1917 to 1962 and gave Greenville the title “Textile Center of the South.” It also hosted many other meetings and special events, such as the annual Southern Textile Basketball Tournament, with teams representing mills across the South. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, it was demolished in 1992.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by City of Greenville and the Hampton-Pinckney Neighborhood Association

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