Willis Foster is the only Greer police officer to die in the line of duty, on July 2, 1904.
There is a great deal of confusion over the details of his life (and death). His name was Willis Foster, with middle initial of T or S. He is incorrectly listed on memorial monuments in Washington, DC and Columbia, SC as "William," as well as on a plaque at the Greer Heritage Museum. He went by a nickname, which is listed as "Zonk" on the Washington monument and as "Sonk" on the GHM plaque. He had three children, though he is sometimes listed as having two; and he died on July 2, 1904, though the Washington monument lists his death incorrectly as January 1, 1904.
Black and white photograph, approximately 4"x6", showing a crane with wrecking ball taking down the building at 107 Trade Street, beside the Bennett Building. Photograph has writing on the surface: a title near the bottom, "Behind B. A. Bennett Bldg", and a separate label of the "Bennett Bldg" with an arrow. On the back are handwritten newspaper publication notes, which read:
2 Col
Crashing Down
106%
5/23/90
Demolition of old Cafe on Trade
Log cabin door. Put together with pegs and has iron hinges, handmade by a blacksmith. Structure was located on McDade Street and was there in 1947. The Neely family, a young couple, lived in the building. There were two rooms in the cabin and a floored upper level. No running water, and a fireplace for heat. Logs in the cabin were hand-hewn with spaces serving as windows for the family. Later the cabin was weatherboarded (windows and doors boarded over), and in the summer of 1996 it was torn down. Richard G. (Jerry) Tuck purchased logs from the cabin and donated the door to the Greer Heritage Museum in 1996.
The Louie James House is a Colonial Revival frame house on a brick basement foundation, built in 1923 for William Louis James. The L-shaped house features 5 chimneys and has a Roman Doric style porch with a terra cotta-tiled terrace along the entire width of the house. Interior features include Roman Doric columns, decorative mouldings, pilasters and an arched vestibule. The majority of the interior light fixtures are original to the house.
This home was built in 1921 for Clara Davenport, widow of businessman Malcolm Davenport and daughter-in-law of D.D. Davenport, owner of the Greer Oil Mill Company. The home remained in the Davenport family through much of the twentieth century. The 6,000 square foot home sits on 2.5 acres. It has a one-story glass-enclosed porch on the east and porte cochere on the west. There is a three-bay coach house and pool house, and a brick and timber pergola in the garden.
60 pages, staple bound with glued paper cover (detached). Medium brown cover with dark brown letterpress print "THE BANTAM" across the top, a gold-ink letterpress illustration of a rooster in the middle, followed by "1923, GREER HIGH SCHOOL, Greer, South Carolina." Handwritten on the fourth inside page is "Bobby Campbell."
portrait photograph on paper, in a cardstock holder. Handwritten on the folder: "Don James Jr." However, a relatively modern slip of paper in the folder says "Donaldson James, May 3, 1882 - 1964, partner in Smith & James." It is unclear whether this is Don James Sr. or Don James Jr.
