Geddings Cushman House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

Park Avenue SE & Marion St. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1589

Control Number:

U/03/1589

Date Surveyed:

January 5 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1910

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:

Synthetic Siding

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Single 2/2 (typically) windows; Classical entablature w/dentils; pedimented gables project from side elevs; Ionic Columned portico w/pedimented gable; fanlight w/in pediment of portico; corbelled brick chimneys w/in surface of roof (4); transom over entrance to porch on 1st & 2nd floors; shrubbery picturesquely grouped around house with formal gateposts marking entrance to sidewalk to house and drive; 2 outbuildings (1 appears historic). Prev. SHPO No 0380

Alterations:

Pier foundation infill, porch alteration (addition of porte cochere), small rear, gabled addition - by 1950; synthetic (vinyl) siding applied and metal handrail to porch roof - 1990s

Historical Information:

Built for Geddings Cushman, brother of Edward Cushman (No. 1644) and Mamie Cushman Dukes (No. 1645). Cushman family has been present in Aiken area since 1785 and these 3 sites were built south of the railway line at approximately the same time.

Source of Historical Information:

Edward Cushman, Jr., interview, May 2, 1989.

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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