Before it was the Greenville Convention Center, the building bearing that name was simply Textile Hall.
Textile manufacturing formed the bedrock of South Carolina’s economy for most of the 20th century, and Greenville with its Textile Hall was the epicenter of that industry’s influence.
Recognizing the industry’s importance to the city and the region, textile magnates in 1917 commissioned the first Textile Hall on West Washington Street in Greenville’s downtown at a cost of about $130,000…