Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

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

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Site Number:

03_1633

Control Number:

U/03/1633

Date Surveyed:

January 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1900

Alteration Date:

1918

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:

Front facing gable is original core; lateral gable likely dates to 1918l brick chimney at ridgeline intersection; eave returns; vernacular trim work. Prev. SHPO No. 0424

Alterations:

enlarged as duplex with gabled addition - 1918; returned to single-family - 1925c; Shed-roofed addition to rear, pier foundation infill - Mid-20th C; new windows/doors - Late 20th C

Historical Information:

Nos. 1630-1633 maybe among the six cabins built by John Staubes. Sanborn maps show a fifth similar house. By 1904 shown as a small house, enlarged as duplex by 1918; returned_x000D_ to single-family by 1925. [May have been railroad employees' housing; early depot was northwest of here.]

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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