Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

129 Union St. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1416

Control Number:

U/03/1416

Date Surveyed:

October 28 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1920

Alteration Date:

1950 – circa 1999

Historic Use:

Commerce/Trade

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Slab Construction

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Stepped parapet along side elevs.; arched windows/doors along side elevs.; signboard area; decorative brick cornice. Prev. SHPO No. 206

Alterations:

Modern bay door; ventilation vent to signboard on front elev; currently in state of demolition-by-neglect

Historical Information:

This block, opposite the Southern Railway passenger depot, was redeveloped after the ca. 1896 burning of the Park Avenue Hotel. A store is first shown on this site on 1909 maps, operated as an upholsterer's shop which remained as late as 1918. By 1925 two stores shared the space, and in 1935 a vacant auto repair shop is_x000D_ shown here. The lumber repair business has expanded east toward the railroad from the Fairfield Street side of the block, where it shared space with a harness and buggy shop, to occupy former site of Park Avenue Hotel's two-story servants' quarters; a large livery barn, and cotton warehouses.

Source of Historical Information:

Sanborn maps

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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