Walking Around Historic Downtown Spartanburg, South Carolina

This is our second visit to Spartanburg.  Eric and I attended the First Annual Hub City Hog Fest on a cold, grey March day in 2013.  After we sampled barbecue and listened to music at RJ Rockers, we headed back to our motorhome.

I picked up this Spartanburg

Historic Downtown Walking

 Map at the North Carolina

Welcome Center.

The walking tour takes about an hour.

Stores along historic

Main Street

The sidewalk is closed

for a repair project.

A workman directs the
backhoe operator.

Blacktop has been removed

from this section of

the street.

Skating on the Square is an 

annual event in in front of
One Morgan Square.






Spartanburg, like many other cities has struggled with maintaining its history and urban renewal. One Morgan Square replaced the Andrews Building.   Five men died when the building collapsed one day before its scheduled implosion.

Citizens & Southern National

Bank building now houses
Wild Ace Pizza & Pub.

General  Daniel Morgan was
the commanding Patriot
General at the Battle of
Cowpens during the
Revolutionary War.

The clock in Spartanburg's

Clock Tower was first

installed in 1881.

The building that houses

Pink on Main: A Lilly 

Pulitzer Via Shop has

Victorian architectural

elements.

The Masonic Temple

 was built in 1927.

The weather for today's visit to Spartanburg is gorgeous!  It's in the low 60s and sunny with

 no wind.

The buildings on Ezell Street

are all that remains of the

City's warehouse district.

Spring Street is the back alley

 of Magnolia Street.

Windows have been bricked

up as the purpose of the

building has changed.

The Montgomery Building,

constructed in 192, is an example

of Chicago Architecture with hints

of Art Deco architectural flourishes.

It was built to provide much

needed office space.

The Spartanburg County Historical Society does a great job of guiding visitors through the City's architectural past.