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181.	Gas Bottom, low income housing	Homes	House interior. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

182.	Gas Bottom, low income housing	Homes	House interior. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

183.	Gas Bottom, low income housing	Homes	House interior. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

184.	Gas works plant	Business	The plant was located near the intersection of Daniel Morgan Avenue and Pine Street. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

185.	Gas works plant	Business	The plant was located near the intersection of Daniel Morgan Avenue and Pine Street. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

186.	Gas works plant	Business	The plant was located near the intersection of Daniel Morgan Avenue and Pine Street. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

187.	George J. Mecherle with Ford	People	George J. Mecherle was founder of State Farm Insurance.

188.	Glendale Park	Recreation	The park included a pavilion and a pond.

189.	Glenn Springs structures	Upstate and Beyond	The use of the springs as a cure and resort began in the 1830s, and the Glenn Springs Hotel heyday was in the late 1800s until the early 20th century. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. Water from the spring was bottled and shipped around the world as a cure for many ailments and as a means for maintaining health.

190.	Glenn Springs	Upstate and Beyond	The use of the springs as a cure and resort began in the 1830s, and the Glenn Springs Hotel heyday was in the late 1800s until the early 20th century. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. Water from the spring was bottled here and shipped around the world as a cure for many ailments and as a means for maintaining health.

191.	Glenn Springs Hotel	Business	The use of the springs as a cure and resort began in the 1830s, and the Glenn Springs Hotel heyday was in the late 1800s until the early 20th century. It was easily accessible by rail and one of the earliest telephone lines in the county ran from Cannon's Store downtown to the hotel. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. Later John Conrad Zimmerman and then John W. Simpson and his son J. Wister Simpson enlarged the hotel and enhanced its reputation as 'the place to be' during the summer months. This exterior view was taken in 1926. The hotel burned in 1941.

192.	Glenn Springs Hotel dining room	Business	The use of the springs as a cure and resort began in the 1830s, and the Glenn Springs Hotel heyday was in the late 1800s until the early 20th century. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. The dining hall of the elegant hotel was expanded several times to to keep up with increasing visitors.

193.	Glenn Springs Hotel interior view	Business	The Glenn Springs Hotel drew crowds from South Carolina each summer who came to enjoy the relative coolness of the Upstate and the relaxed pace at the resort hotel. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. A rail line ran from Spartanburg to Glenn Springs especially for the hotel guests. This interior view of the hotel dates from the 1920s. The photograph was taken on the second floor staircase.

194.	Glenn Springs Hotel interior view	Business	The Glenn Springs Hotel drew crowds from South Carolina each summer who came to enjoy the relative coolness of the Upstate and the relaxed pace at the resort hotel. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. A rail line ran from Spartanburg to Glenn Springs especially for the hotel guests. This interior view of the hotel lobby dates from the 1920s. The Library's Kennedy Room of Local History has a Glenn Springs Hotel Guest Register from 1891.

195.	Glenn Springs Railroad engine, crew, and travelers	Transportation	Visitors often rode the train to the popular Glenn Springs resort in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests.

196.	Glenn Springs Railroad engine, crew, and travelers.	Transportation	Visitors often rode the train to the popular Glenn Springs resort in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests.

197.	Gosnell Furniture	Business	Gosnell Furniture was located on the corner of North Church and St. John streets.

198.	Governor Ibra C. Blackwood	People	South Carolina Governor Ibra C. Blackwood speaking with microphone

199.	Governor Olin D. Johnston laying cornerstone, Frank Walker Building	People; Education	Gov. Olin Johnston laying cornerstone of Frank Walker Building, Textile Industrial Institute (TII), forerunner of Spartanburg Junior College and Spartanburg Methodist College. Charlie Hammond of Hammond Brown Jennings is third from the left. Man in white suit facing cornerstone from right is Rembert B. Burgess, president of TII.

200.	Graded School, Forest Street	Education