Taylors is named for the man who out-lobbied a mineral spring
Before it was Taylors, the area's draw was Chick Springs, a mineral-spring resort Charleston physician Burwell Chick opened in 1840. Alfred Taylor spent until 1869 acquiring the land that would become the community's core, then lobbied successfully to route the railroad through his property; once the Southern Railway built its depot — Taylor's Station — on that land in the 1870s, the settlement's center moved from the spring to the depot and took Taylor's name for good. Unlike its incorporated neighbors, Taylors has remained an unincorporated part of Greenville County, sitting between Greenville and Greer.
Two building eras, one Piedmont clay problem
Taylors' building stock spans the 1840s spring-resort period and the 1870s-onward depot era, and both sit on the same Cecil and Pacolet Piedmont red clay found across the rest of Greenville County — soil that swells when saturated by the Upstate's wet season and shrinks back as it dries, regardless of which decade a given foundation was poured in. Because Taylors was never incorporated and never had a single town-wide building code era the way a chartered town might, confirming a specific property's actual construction period matters more here than assuming from the community's overall history.
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Resort-era or depot-era — tell us which Taylors home you have
Taylors' building stock splits between the 1840s spring-resort period and the 1870s-onward depot era, so note which applies if known, plus visible cracking or settlement, access, and your goals. Because Taylors is unincorporated, confirm provider credentials directly rather than assuming municipal licensing oversight.
Unincorporated doesn't mean unregulated — confirm county rules
As an unincorporated part of Greenville County, Taylors follows county-level floodplain and grading rules rather than its own municipal code; confirm parcel-level requirements with Greenville County before scoping work.