Greenville, SC HyperLocal City Guide featuring Neighborhoods, Zip Codes and Yellow Pages.

Greenville is a beautiful, outstanding area in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains and is graced with numerous hills and knolls. The highest point in South Carolina, The Sassafras Mountain, is nearby in the northern part of Greenville County. Lying halfway between Charlotte and Atlanta, Greenville is an inviting upstate city with tree-lined streets in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is an excellent hub for exploring the Upstate and the forested parks throughout the area.

Since the Civil War, Greenville's economy has been based largely on textile manufacturing and it has been referred to as the textile center of the world. Textile Hall is the scene of the biennial Southern Textile Exposition hosted by Greenville. The city is the seat of Furman University, Bob Jones University, Greenville Technical College, and a Shriners' hospital for children.

Greenville began as a trading post in the 1700s. During the antebellum era, the area was a resort for plantation owners from the Low Country. It progressed to textiles, and the textile industry began there in the 1820s. The mills followed and were built in the 1870s.

Accommodations
In 1925, The Westin Poinsett was one of the supreme hotels in the area. In 2002 it came back newly restored while keeping the charm of history with setting including 21st-century conveniences.

Pettigru Place Bed and Breakfast is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The lovely tree-lined street, in the Pettigru Historic District, is near downtown Greenville. The Georgian Federalist-design house was built in the 1920s and each room’s decor gives mood and variety that includes, for example, the Chantilly, Victorian decor, and an African theme with a Brass Giraffe, and the feature of a 12-inch brass shower head for a rain-forest effect.

The Embassy Suites Resort Hotel Golf and Conference Center on the Verdae Greens Golf Course is equal to park-like ambience. Plant-lined walkways, bubbling pools and fountains, are inviting. The comfortable two-room suites are decorated with a contemporary flair.

The Hilton Greenville is conveniently located opposite Haywood Mall and is a short drive to downtown.

Restaurants
The Blue Ridge Brewing Company has large copper tanks nested in the picture window out front, and serves up house brews. The Pita House Restaurant serves a full range of sumptuous Mediterranean dishes

Shopping
The Haywood Road Shopping District is a shoppers paradise. Haywood Mall has a collection of more than 100 stores, including five major department stores, and a diversity of options in these stores. The downtown Greenville’s area is inviting as a walking area where the Main Street presents attractive landscaping, public art and where comfortable street furniture gracefully lines the streets. There are a variety of specialty shops offering antiques, fashionable clothing, furniture and art galleries and more.

The West End Historic District, known as the arts and entertainment center of the Greenville, is anchored by the West End Market and Falls Park on the Reedy; shoppers can browse through the shops in the West End Market and surrounding streets as well.

The Augusta Road Shopping District offers diversity including: fine clothing stores, flower shops, health food markets and decorating resource centers and a range of restaurants.

Music/Arts
Greenville is the home of the Metropolitan Arts Council, Upstate Visual Arts, Historic Greenville Foundation, and the Peace Center for the Performing Arts.

The Greenville County Museum of Art is home to the highly acclaimed Southern Collection of art that features art of the South dating back to the 1700's. Begun in the 1930s as a small regional art gallery, the museum is now recognized as having one of the best collections of regional art in the country.

The collection of American art, primarily through works that were created in the South or by Southern natives, include some of the following artists: Washington Allston, John Gadsby Chapman, Martin Johnson Heade, George P.A. Healy, John Ross Key, Georgia O'Keefe, William Tylee Ranney, Helen Turner, and Catherine Wiley. In addition, the museum has an impressive collection of contemporary art that includes works by such artists as Ronmare Bearden, Hans Hoffmann, Jasper Johns, Lee Krasner, and Andy Warhol.

The Peace Center is located in Downtown and is an arts center that contains three auditoriums and markets itself as "the premier performing arts center in South Carolina". The Peace Center hosts over 300 events each year, including European and classical music with appearances by popular artists.

Major Attractions
As the largest city in the Upstate, Greenville offers theatres and event venues with a host of major concerts and touring theatre companies.

The Beattie House, an Italianate-style house, was built in 1834 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains Victorian furnishings and finely detailed architectural particulars.

Written by: Karen J. Lee