Jim Fair
These pieces of bricks were dropped here for the Greer community to salvage as memorabilia from Allen Bennett Hospital.
Jim Fair
Huge sections of clay earth mark where Allen Bennett Hospital and the Roger Huntington Nursing Home anchored the 10-acre site.
Only a small wall remains to be demolished and rubble removed to clear the site.
Demolition and removal of materials are near complete for the 10-acre site that housed the 220,000 square foot campus of Allen Bennett Hospital and Roger Huntington Nursing Home.
According to the City of Greer a pallet of bricks were to be set aside for souvenir seekers wanting to have memorabilia for families and children treated at the hospital or former associates.
A worker at the site took GreerToday.com to a small broken pile of bricks dumped next to a tree in a distant parking.
City officials then referred those interested to contact Gray Penland at 828-734-3040.
There is only a small wall of Allen Bennett hospital standing. Deep clay sections of clay earth remain where the hospital and Roger Huntington Nursing Home were anchored. Most of the debris has been hauled away.
The 10-acre property will be prepared to market for multi-purpose use by the Greer Economic Development Corporation. A market study conducted by design consulting firm Kimley-Horn of Charlotte was concluded last year.
Since the medical campus was gifted free to the city by Greenville Memorial Hospital in 2009, costs to the city have reached more than $1 million for the maintenance, marketing, demolition, environmental costs including and legal fees.
• Correction: The cost for a diesel spill cleanup at Allen Bennett Hospital was the responsibility of Cardinal Real Estate Group, the owner of the complex at the time. The City of Greer was awarded summary judgment for $400,000 from Garrick Good and his Cardinal Real Estate Group, Inc. in 2014 when the deal failed.