Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

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

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Site Number:

03_1631

Control Number:

U/03/1631

Date Surveyed:

January 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1900

Alteration Date:

1909

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

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. Parallel with Kershaw Street; brick chimney along ridgeline;. Prev. SHPO No. 0422

Alterations:

Altered to Duplex - 1909 c; Altered to single family house - 1925 c; Pier foundation infill, enclosure of front porch; new shed-roofed porch - 1950s

Historical Information:

Nos. 1630-1633 may be among the six cabins built by John Staubes. Sanborn maps show a fifth similar house. Built as small house by 1904; enlarged as duplex by 1909; returned_x000D_ to single-family by 1925. [May have been railroad employees' housing]

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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