The Greenville Woman’s Club was organized in 1948 to govern the use of the Beattie House by all the local women’s clubs and organizations in Greenville. The Club also gave programs on different topics and had regular activities like bridge and fashion shows.

Fountain Fox Beattie built the Beattie House, the second oldest residence in the State of South Carolina, in the 1834. The original location was at the intersection of Church and East North Street in Greenville, South Carolina. Beattie’s family resided in the house until after the death of Mrs. John Beattie (Mary C.) in 1938. The family rented out the house until the city decided in 1946 to purchase the property for a curb market and auditorium. Requests to save the house for use as a place for the many women’s clubs and organizations of Greenville to meet and host events came from women such as local columnist Marjorie Barr O’Steen and Hattie Finley.

In 1947, the city council agreed to buy and lease the house to the women for $1/year with the condition that they maintain it. The city bought the house for $92,500 and then moved the house from its original location to a new location, appropriately named “Beattie Place,” at the intersection of Davis and Church Street. The house was moved using mules rolling the house on logs and cost the city $5,600. The city erected a courthouse on the original site.

The first meeting of the club was held on November 1, 1948 and Mrs. P.T. Meadors acted as president Pro Tempore. In that meeting, they unanimously elected the first official president, Mrs. John Bateman. During the second meeting of the club, the group of woman established that the purpose of the club would be “to foster and encourage civic and cultural growth and to provide a place of meeting for those engaged in this work, without the object of profit.” These first meetings were made up of representatives from 44 of the 70 woman’s clubs in Greenville. The initial club had a membership base of 663 members of the 3,000 active women in the city. The house not only hosted local women’s clubs and organizations, but was the location for various social functions, including weddings, bar mitzvahs, bridge tournaments, book clubs, tea’s, community receptions, holiday parties and private events.

On October 9, 1974, the house was entered on the National Register of Historic Places, the seventh landmark of the type in Greenville. In June 1983, the house was moved again to Bennett Street.

The Greenville Woman’s Club disbanded on June 30, 2014 due to a lack of membership.