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Greenville Treasures: The William H. Long House

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The stately Long House is located on the corner of Fourth and Cotanche Streets. The house was built in 1917/18 by William Henry Long (1866-1920) lawyer, businessman, real estate broker and mayor of Greenville. In 1915, W. H. Long’s brother died in New York after making millions in the silent film industry. William inherited a fourth of his brother’s estate and built this large house. The house was designed by noted architects, Benton & Benton, of Wilson, NC and hired William Bernard Baker, a Greenville building contractor, to build it. According to tradition, each of the four columns are solid stone and were brought up the river by steamboat and took 24 mules to haul each column by wagon up from the steamboat landing. The house stayed in the family many years and in 1979 the house was sold to the law firm of Howard, Vincent and Duffus. Through their efforts the house is now on the National Register.of Historic Places.
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