Greenville County · Marker 23-06

Old Fountain Inn

S.C. Hwy. 14, just N of Fountain Inn

Front inscription

According to tradition an ante-bellum inn with a gushing fountain in the front yard stood near here on the old stage road between Greenville and Columbia and served as a meeting place for men in the area in those stirring days. The present town chartered in 1886 is named for the old inn.

County
Greenville
Region
Upstate
City or vicinity
Fountain Inn
Year approved
1960
Erected by
Oliver Thompson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy
Coordinates
34.701367, -82.216217

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