Augusta Road The Wyche House

The Wyche House property at 2900 Augusta Street in Downtown Greenville allowed to become a small private school and community park. The Wyche House was built in 1931 as a “country estate” for Greenville attorney C. Granville Wyche. This was one of the most expensive and elaborate residences built in Greenville in the 1930s and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Former Camperdown Academy headmaster Dana Blackhurst plans to use the home as his personal residence and for offices for the school.

The city’s Board of Zoning Appeals granted a special exception to the residential zoning classification for the property at 2900 Augusta St. to allow a school with no more than 90 students.

The school plans to open as early as October. Classes will have no more than 10 students each and will be limited to one class per grade, Blackhurst said. The classroom pavilions will be built in the woods between the homes historic gardens and the Blythe Academy playground next door. The existing garage will be converted to an art classroom.

Part of the property will be turned into a community park. It will also have a community garden. The school will be math-focused and have an ecology-based curriculum.

The property has a deed restriction from the Naturaland Trust that prevents the property from being subdivided into multiple residential lots, according to documents filed with the city.