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This article provides a short history of William H. Long's house on East Fourth Street. William H. Long (1886-1920) was a lawyer in Greenville. In 1915, his brother died in New York after having accumulated a fortune in the silent film industry. Long received a fourth share of his brother’s estate and in 1917 built his beautiful home. The house was designed by Benton and Benton of Wilson, NC in the neo-classical style. Each column is solid stone, brought up on a wagon by 24 mules from the steamboat on the river. The finished home contained 4,500 square feet of usable space, including a basement, first and second floors and a third floor that was originally planned as a ballroom. The house passed through the family and sold to a law firm. The house is now on the National Register of Historic Places.