Greenville County Courthouse Art Print

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"The Greenville County Courthouse, the fourth building employed in this capacity, is significant as an example of early twentieth century public architecture on a monumental scale in the piedmont South, for the high quality of its design and construction, and for its association with a prominent architect, and is also important to the history of Greenville and Greenville County as the seat of law and local government. The primary architect was Georgia architect Phillip Thornton Marye. The supervising architect for the building was H. Olin Jones; J.A. Jones of Charlotte was the contractor. The courthouse is the only existing public Beaux Arts style building in Greenville County. The building is divided into two sections. The eastern section faces Main Street and is three stories in height; each story is 3900 feet in area. Behind it lies an eight-story tower; each story is 2600 square feet in area. A concrete structure with exterior walls of cream colored brick, the building is ornamente...

All images on this website are protected under copyright law. Copyright 2022 Carol R Montoya /Carol R Montoya Fine Art Photography All rights reserved by Artist. As a painter life moved me in a different direction and windows opened. Photography in the digital age has allowed me to fly out becoming my paintings. I have always laid out my composition before I draw, paint, or photograph the subject in my mind. I have worked in all mediums at one time or another, but watercolor and pastel were my modes of choice. Photography has taken over, and as new technology grows in the field of photography my two worlds blend. My photography has become an evolution of melding images into art and allowing my artistic side to fly. Each...