The famous person James Alvin Cannon is associated with one of more of the Greenville County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Greenville County places including Greene & Co. Lockwood, Carter--Fiske Construction, Joseph T. Lawrence, Charles Christian Hook, J.E. Sirrine and Phillip Thornton Marye. Prominent architectural styles found in Greenville Country are Beaux Arts, Chicago and Federal.