Brick Masons
- Title
- Brick Masons
- Accession Number
- 2026.38.1.8
- Accession Date
- 16 June 2026
- Accession Creator
- Meadow Knapp
- Description
- Paper providing information on Edward Mosely and James Jenkins
- Storage Location
- Box 33, Folder #2
- Text
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AFRICAN AMERICANS HELPED BUILD GREER
1895 VICTOR MILL
Edward Mosely, brick maker, arrived in early August to begin making bricks for the new textile mill.
1900s GREER CPW [Abbreviation of Commission of Public Works]
James Jenkins, born in 1869 in Piney Grove, came to Greer in 1898 and settled at Needmore Community. He was employed by the CPW as a brick mason to build the original manholes on Emma Street, now known as W. Poinsett Street. He was active in the building of Bailey View School.
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