Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building explained

Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building
Location:Broad and Fall Sts., Greenville, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.8472°N -82.3989°W
Builder:Working Benevolent State Grand Lodge
Added:July 1, 1982
Refnum:82003865

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.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: unknown. Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . 2014-08-01.
  2. Web site: 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 . 2014-08-01.