(252) 355-5600
(888) 453-3337
330 Evans Street
Greenville, NC 27858

Jefferson Blount Harvey Building

1st Floor
     Jefferson's
     Copper & Vine Kitchen Wine Bar
     Elizabeth Richards Collection

2nd Floor
       Matt Holder Hairdressing
      Copper & Vine Kitchen Wine Bar

3rd Floor
      The Martinsborough
     LA Spa

Before

Mid-Renovation

A little history...

In 1948, Graham and Aileen Jefferson opened Jefferson Florist  in a small shop located on Third Street in Downtown Greenville, North Carolina.  As Greenville grew and the new Pitt County Memorial Hospital opened on the west side of town, the couple relocated the store to a new address on West Fifth Street.  It was in 1976 that their daughter Linda "Jef" Glenn and her husband Ed moved from the Washington DC area to Pitt County joining the family business.  While flowers and plants remained the core of the business, Ed and Jef brought new life to the expanded retail store.  A fine stationery department was added as well as a children's store and an expansive collection of home accessories from around the world.

A second Greenville location was added in 1990 at the Lynndale Shoppes retail center moving much of the business operation to this new and highly visible area.  In 2004, Ed and Jef were joined by their son Michael adding a third generation to the business.  It was a short time later that the Glenns stumbled upon an opportunity to purchase an abandoned and mostly forgotten department store building along Greenville's original shopping street in the downtown area.  The former Blount Harvey Department Store, built in 1923 was once a shopping destination in Eastern North Carolina, though since it's closing in the mid 80's the building stood vacant for two decades without repair.

After 16 months of tedious restoration, Jefferson's opened its doors in the reclaimed space in the spring of 2006.  The restored structure has since been honored with recognition by the City of Greenville as a Local Landmark property.  Additionally the 'Jefferson Blount Harvey Building' was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior in 2008.

Today our family continues to deliver fresh flowers both locally and around the world. We invite you to join us for a visit.