Jackson-Brooks House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

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

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Site Number:

03_1421

Control Number:

U/03/1421

Date Surveyed:

November 9 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1880

Alteration Date:

1950

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Symmetrical front elev.; some orig. 2/2 windows; orig. front door w/sidelights & transom; 2 brick chimneys centered w/in hip roofs surface; vernacular window/door surrounds; entablature & cornerboards; what appears to be an orig. hip-roofed bay window on right elev.. Prev. SHPO No. 0211; Ethnic Theme: African-American

Alterations:

2 rear gabled additions & pier foundation infill - 1950 c; porch altered - 1965 c; replacement windows - 1990 c

Historical Information:

Present owner's grandfather Jackson bought house in 1912. He was a founder of Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home, which serves Aiken's black community. House appears on 1899 Sanborn map, the first to include this area.

Source of Historical Information:

Robert Brooks, Jr.; Lillian Redd.

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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