“W” is for Woodside Building [Greenville]. The seventeen-story Woodside Building was constructed on Main Street in Greenville in 1923—it was the city’s first skyscraper and the tallest building in the two Carolinas. It was the headquarters of businessman John T. Woodside’s various enterprises. The neoclassical structure with its white marble exterior stood as a Greenville landmark for a half-century. The marble lobby contained Ionic columns and French plate mirrors, while a rooftop garden offered a splendid vista of the upcountry metropolis. At Christmas, office lights were left burning on each floor so that the illuminated windows formed a cross on all four sides. For two generations of Greenvillians the lighted windows “became as much a part of the Christmas tradition as breaking out the family ornaments.” The Woodside Building was demolished in 1974.
“W” is for Woodside Building [Greenville]
