Greer Citizen Clipping Featuring the Oldest Photo of Greer, 1988 · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title: Greer Citizen Clipping Featuring the Oldest Photo of Greer, 1988
Accession Number: 2025.19.1
Accession Date: 2025 May 28
Accession Creator: Julia Grant
Depositor: Found in Collection
Description: Black and white photo showing two people in a horse-drawn buggy. First Baptist Church is in the upper right corner. Estimated to be from 1900
Date: 1900
Format: paper
Storage Location: Box 2 General Archive Folder 14
Text: The oldest photo yet uncovered of Greer's history by the Main Street Program Committee, shows the original First Baptist Church (top right) which was located at the corner of Cannon and Jason Streets on the site of the present Episcopal Church of the Good Shepard. This photo, faded over the years, is believed to have been made around 1900, and is the property of a North Carolina resident.