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Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company

Coordinates: 34°50′47″N 82°23′47″W / 34.84639°N 82.39639°W / 34.84639; -82.39639
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Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company
Greenville Gas and Electric Company, February 2012
Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company is located in South Carolina
Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company
Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company is located in the United States
Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company
Location211 E. Broad St., Greenville, South Carolina
Coordinates34°50′47″N 82°23′47″W / 34.84639°N 82.39639°W / 34.84639; -82.39639
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1890 (1890)
Architectural styleVernacular Victorian
MPSGreenville MRA
NRHP reference No.82003857[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 1, 1982

Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company, also known as Duke Power Steam Plant, is a historic power plant located at Greenville, South Carolina. The two brick vernacular Victorian style buildings were built about 1890. The larger building served as a coal-fueled, steam-powered electric generating plant, and is a one-story, rectangular building with round arched window and door openings. The second building is a two-story rectangular building originally used as offices for the power company. They were originally owned and operated by the Greenville Gas and Electric Light and Power Company, then sold in 1910, to a company that later evolved into Duke Power Company.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ unknown (n.d.). "Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ^ "Greenville Gas and Electric Light Company, Greenville County (211 E. Broad St., Greenville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.