Palmetto Block; Beckman Building

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

The Sweet Low Creamery and Panoche & Lee's

Street Address:

108 Laurens St. SW, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1496

Control Number:

U/03/1496

Date Surveyed:

October 28 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1887

Alteration Date:

1950 – circa 1999

Historic Use:

Commerce/Trade

Current Use:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stucco

Foundation Materials:

Stuccoed Masonry

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Paired windows; parapet wall; pressed metal cornice. Prev. SHPO No. 287

Alterations:

Modern storefronts; modern recessed entrance to 2nd floor;

Historical Information:

On this site in 1886 were small one-story stores. The "Palmetto Block" was constructed about 1887; in 1899 three shops here held a dispensary, furniture store, hardware store, with furniture storage above all three.

Source of Historical Information:

Sanborn maps, Aiken Scrapbook. E.F. Holley, owner (interview 4/19/89)

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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