E.P. Henderson House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

252 Laurens St. NW, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1284

Control Number:

U/03/1284

Date Surveyed:

October 30 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1875

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Architect or Builder:

John Staubes

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

National Register Determination:

Potentially Eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

orig. front doors w/transom & surround; jigsawn porch supports; patterned shingles in gables; cornice brackets; prominent window hoods; 3 brick chimney's w/in surface of the roof; brick flue lateral exterior; fanlight in front dormer; dormers w/in roof; orig. 2/2 & 1/1 windows. Prev. SHPO No. 0074

Historical Information:

Built for Henry Smith, developer of Park-in-the-Pines Hotel by John Staubes. Edward Palmer Henderson moved here ca. 1880 from "Secrets" after two of his sons died there from diphtheria. The observation of the Transit of Venus took place here in 1882.

Source of Historical Information:

McDowell Aiken Scrapbook, Vol. 1, p. 84; plaque in garden of 223 Edgefield (directly to rear); My Aiken, p. 31; Donald M. Law

Survey:

City of Aiken Historic Resources Survey, Aiken County, South Carolina. May 2010

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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