Johnson's Drugs

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Pat's

Street Address:

205 Richland Ave. W, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1442

Control Number:

U/03/1442

Date Surveyed:

October 28 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1900

Alteration Date:

circa 1925

Historic Use:

Commerce/Trade

Current Use:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Architect or Builder:

McGhee & McGhee

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

corner entrance with engaged piers & rounded parapet, parapet wall; intact original storefront on front (right) elevation with vertical light transom and recessed entry.. Prev. SHPO No. 232

Alterations:

infilled left elevation (left, rear) & modern window (center, left elevation) - ca.1990s; two storefronts on front elevation have been modernized ca. 1990s.

Historical Information:

Physician C.C. Johnson moved to Aiken from Columbia in 1904. About 1910 he bought Williams' drugstore on Richland Avenue (1759?). After his death in 1928, his sons (two pharmacists, one doctor) moved the business to this site. About 1940 they relocated to Site No. 1480 on Park Avenue.

Source of Historical Information:

1989 Aiken DNR Survey Form No. 232.

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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