National Register of Historic Places

Quillen, Robert, Office and Library

Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina
Listed
January 30, 2012
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
10000316

About this property

Robert Quillen Office and Library is an historic office and library building located at Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina. It was built in 1928, and is a small one-story, one-room brick Neo-Classical Revival building with a distinctive temple front. Directly in front of the Office are a rectangular reflecting pool and a round pool, and a granite obelisk known as the "Monument to Eve." Born in 1887 in Syracuse, Kansas, Robert Quillen moved to Fountain Inn in 1911 to start the Fountain Inn Tribune. He wrote paragraphs, editorials, one-liners, and cartoons for the Baltimore Sun, the Saturday Evening Post, and The American Magazine. Quillen died after a prolonged illness on December 9, 1948. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Location

200 N Main St
Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina
34.69497, -82.20041

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

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When was Quillen, Robert, Office and Library listed on the National Register?

Quillen, Robert, Office and Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 30, 2012.

What type of historic resource is Quillen, Robert, Office and Library?

Quillen, Robert, Office and Library is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Quillen, Robert, Office and Library is recorded as the industrial era.

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