Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Beads & Baubles - Janus II Designs Inc.

Street Address:

224-226 Park Ave. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1481

Control Number:

U/03/1481

Date Surveyed:

October 28 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1885

Alteration Date:

circa 1950

Historic Use:

Commerce/Trade

Current Use:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

decorative brick cornice w/banding; permastone piers; 2 distinct bays/storefronts. Prev. SHPO No. 272

Alterations:

Permastone applied to piers - 1950 c; storefronts rebuilt - 2008 c

Historical Information:

1889 and 1894 Sanborn maps show a dry goods store in the left (west) section, and a grocer's in the corner store; 1899-1909 varied furniture storage/grocery/office uses; in 1918 both were vacant; by 1925 a freight station was at the corner with Coca Cola Bottlers to the west.

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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