Albert McGhee House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

217 Fairfield St. NE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1420

Control Number:

U/03/1420

Date Surveyed:

November 9 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1905

Alteration Date:

1940s

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Architect or Builder:

Albert McGhee, Builder

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

National Register Determination:

Potentially Eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Orig. 2/2 windows; orig. door; vernacular window surrounds (2nd Floor) - more elaborate surrounds on 1st Floor; Square, Doric columned double verandah; 2 interior brick chimneys; hip-roofed project bay w/cutaway on 1st floor; hip-roofed bay window on right elev.. Prev. SHPO No. 0210; Ethnic Theme: African-American

Alterations:

rear addition & infill of open pier foundation

Historical Information:

Built between 1904 and 1909. The contracting firm of McGhee and McGhee built commercial buildings and residences, and are said to have built a number of houses for the winter colony. Albert McGhee and his firm where African-Americans.

Source of Historical Information:

Sanborn maps; W. M. Cecilia J. McGhee, Interview 1989, Oral History

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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