Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

209 Kershaw St. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1630

Control Number:

U/03/1630

Date Surveyed:

January 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1900

Alteration Date:

1925

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

left elev is parallel to Kershaw St; brick chimney centered along ridgeline. Prev. SHPO No. 0421

Alterations:

Addition to right elev - 1925 c; pier foundation infill, replacement doors - 1990 c

Historical Information:

Nos. 1630-1633 may be among the six cabins built by John Staubes. Sanborn maps show a fifth house similar to this. Shown on maps: 1904 as small house; enlarged as duplex 1909; returned to single-family by 1925. [May have bean railroad employees' housing: early depot was near this site, at Fairfield and Park Avenues.]

Source of Historical Information:

Sanborn maps. Aiken Scrapbook. Margaret Carey.

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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