Residential historic block | Click on image titles for larger
views. || | The significance of these homes to campus history is
their relationship to Adolphe Breuchaud. Breuchaud was born in
Switzerland in 1833 and attended schools there and in Germany
before coming to America with his parents. Here he learned
carpentry, bricklaying, and plastering and became a master
contractor and builder. His success in his profession eventually
led him to a successful career as a carpenter and builder in
which he employed 10 workmen, and for fourteen years he built
houses in Greenville, later marrying Rosalie Giron. Adolphe and
his father-in-law Paul worked on the building of Almira College.
As payment for their work, they were given land near the college
property (the land along College Avenue on which the historic
homes are situated). Paul Giron, with the assistance of Adolphe,
built this house on the corner lot (now College and Elm
Streets). Paul subsequently lived here, and the two men built a
duplex house next door to