GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – A historic home in the Upstate that served a variety of entertainers through the decades is getting a new purpose.
The home, heavily boarded up at 212 Asbury Avenue in Greenville, has been in disrepair for years. Now, work is underway to recapture the magic it once had as a haven for musicians like Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.
Johnston Design Group is one of several local agencies that partnered to renovate and restore the home. Byron Jefferies, an architectural designer with Johnston Design Group, told 7NEWS the home served as a bed and breakfast in the 1950s and was listed in the Negro Travelers Green Book…