Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Bakery & Demetri's

Street Address:

324 Park Ave. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1476

Control Number:

U/03/1476

Date Surveyed:

October 28 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1900

Alteration Date:

circa 1918

Historic Use:

Commerce/Trade

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Arched window openings; arched door opening; decorative brick cornice; decorative brick window hoods. Prev. SHPO No. 267

Alterations:

One story addition to left side - 1918 c; rebuilding storefront w/brick & alum. Framed windows - 1960 c.

Historical Information:

Faces site of an early passenger train depot (shown on 1889 map) and is just west of the large depot built on Union Street at Park Avenue ca. 1895. The Park Avenue Hotel, "the first tourist hotel in Aiken" faced the Park Avenue depot until burning about 1896, with_x000D_ tits service buildings scattered about the block. Rebuilding began soon after the fire, and this building was constructed about 1900. In 1904 a paint and tin shop was located here; in 1909 a S. C. Dispensary (state liquor store). By 1918 the one-story left bay had been added and housed a barber; the two story portion is shown as "grocer".

Source of Historical Information:

60 Years in Aiken County; Sanborn maps

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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