Historical Marker

Louis Booker Wright

INTERSECTION OF MAXWELL AVE. (S. C. HWY. 10) AND S. C. HWY. 225 BY-PASS, IN FRONT OF THE CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN’S HOME, GREENWOOD · Greenwood · Greenwood

South Carolina marker

Inscription

Louis Booker Wright (1899-1984), scholar of American colonial history and Elizabethan culture, was born in the Phoenix community and spent his early years at Maxwellton near this site. A prolific author, he was educated at Wofford College and received the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of N.C. He was director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. 1948-68.

Erected by the Greenwood County Heritage Corridor Committee, 1998

Location

AddressINTERSECTION OF MAXWELL AVE. (S. C. HWY. 10) AND S. C. HWY. 225 BY-PASS, IN FRONT OF THE CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN’S HOME, GREENWOOD
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