This is how many buildings Helene destroyed and damaged in the Greenville area

About a third of Greenville County residents remained without power Thursday as cleanup and restoration efforts from Helene entered the seventh day.

The first estimates on damages to homes and buildings in Greenville County were released Thursday. Officials said 53 buildings were destroyed, 650 will require extensive repairs and about 1,300 buildings had minor damage.

One building with significant damage was Fred W. Symmes Chapel, known as Pretty Place, an open-air chapel located on Stone Mountain in the northern reaches of Greenville County. Built in 1941, it is a popular wedding venue.

Half of the roof was torn off and some support beams damaged, but the large cross over looking the valley and beyond was spared.

Greenville County announced Thursday that 15 roads would have longterm closures due to washouts —Mountain Creek Church Road, Sharon Drive, Neely Mill Road, Honeysuckle Road, Smith Circle, Lister Road, Heritage Drive, Hampton Avenue Extension, Tilley Road, Coleman Drive, Chicken Springs. Road, North and South Capbell orads, Center Road and Duckworth Road.

The city of Greenville, meanwhile, reopened City Hall Thursday and reported 38 streets of 1,024 were still blocked by downed trees tangled with power lines.

Also, 95% of the traffic signals in the city are working.

The Hudson Street bridge on the east side of Greenville’s Unity Park was closed after damage from flood water was seen. The South Carolina Department of Transportation determined the bridge to be unsafe for vehicular travel.

Falls Park in downtown Greenville was the only city park open Thursday.

The Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville was housing search and rescue teams from Louisiana. It was estimated 2,000 workers from around the country were assisting with power restoration.

Bon Secours Arena officials estimated that on Thursday the culinary team would be providing 3,000 meals a day for first responders.

The arena also has a medical needs shelter for people who have electricity dependent medical needs along with their caregivers.

A shelter for people without medical needs has been set up at Hillcrest High School, where about 30 people have taken refuge each night.

Various restaurants and organizations are providing free meals, including the Peddler Steakhouse, which was offering steak and mashed potatoes from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Greenville.

Brookwood Church, which still has no electricity, was staging a gathering from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday in their parking lot for family activities, food trucks, bloodmobile and donation drop offs.

People continued to offer what they could to others. One family, whose power was just restored, immediately froze 500 pounds of ice and offered some to anyone who could get to their house.

Lenora Hice offered a propane tank that had been given to her after her power was restored.

“It has been a huge blessing for us,” she said on Facebook.

Her husband is a foreman lineman working 5 a.m. to midnight and she’s been cooking for him and their five kids on a Blackstone.

The National Guard continued to give out bottled water ready to eat meals at 35 E. Antrim Drive in the parking lot beside McAlister Square from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Furman University reported, “Duke Energy found a creative workaround that restored electricity to most of campus,” on Sept. 30.

But due to necessary cleanup and repairs, the campus was closed and events canceled through Friday.