
Map showing the areas covered by the Upcountry Land Grant Project. This collection was originally created by the Union County Historical Foundation / Union Co Museum in 1976. Researchers are indebted to Dan E. Collins of Whitmire, S.C. for his extensive knowledge and help in this project. Others who played vital roles are: Robert Mm Duncan and Col. Wm. J. Whitener.

Old mill in Spartanburg Co., S.C. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017. Just one of hundreds of historic addresses – sites in Spartanburg County to explore and enjoy on the pages of Roots and Recall!

Sloan – Epton’s Spartanburg Co Map ca. 1869. Courtesy of the Cobb Collection – Other Side of the River Museum, 2016

Spartanburg County – North

Cross Anchor, S.C. Post Office building by photographer Ann L. Helms, 2018


Zimmerman House – Pavilion – Store: Images courtesy of photographer Ann L. Helms, 2018

Old Glenn Springs Service Station – Courtesy of the Helms Collection, 2018

Image of the Glenn Springs…. Courtesy of the Helms Collection – 2019
Courtesy of the S.C. Dept. of Archives and History

- The springs at Glenn Springs. Postcard images courtesy of the Davie Beard Collection – 2017
- Letter in 1902 from Midway Plantation in Fort Motte, S.C. to Mrs. J.R. Fairey who was vacationing at Glenn Springs. Courtesy of the Truesdale Collection, 2020
The old Glenn Springs Post Office – The Rock Hill Herald reported on June 10, 1903 – “The Glenn Springs Hotel is now open for quests. The company has made many improvements during the spring.”

Entrance to Converse College in 1912 – Courtesy of the Meek Collection, 2016

Image courtesy of photographer Bill Segars – 2010
Second Empire Style was first seen in America in the 1850s and flourished after the Civil War. It was so commonly employed in that era that it was sometimes referred to as the “General Grant style.” – The Second Empire style had its beginnings in France, where it was the chosen style during the reign of Napoleon III (1852-70), France’s Second Empire, hence its name. Well-attended exhibitions in Paris in 1855 and 1867 helped to spread Second Empire style to England and then the United States. – Other commonly seen details are a bracketed cornice beneath the mansard roof, round arched windows, decorative dormer windows, an iron crest at the roofline, and columned porches or porticoes. Courtesy of the Penn Arch. Guide – Website


Courtesy of the Tucker Postcard Collection – 2017
Image courtesy of photographer Bill Segars – 2006


Foster’s Barn image by photographer Ann L. Helms – 2018
Image courtesy of photographer Bill Segars – 2010

Courtesy of the Willis Collection – 2016


Views of what was once a small mill village. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017