Staubes-Gyles House; Staubes-Gyles-McMillan House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

402 Colleton Ave. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1653

Control Number:

U/03/1653

Date Surveyed:

January 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1905

Alteration Date:

1936

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Architect or Builder:

John Staubes, Builder

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Single & paired windows; orig. 2/2 windows; historic 1/1 windows; 1 brick chimney at truncated hip; 1 brick flue w/in surface of rear ell; continuous brick foundation; vernacular trim work; capped lintels on windows; transom over double front door (orig.); frieze board; wraparound porch; lattice brick fence; pedimented gables w/shingle infill.

Alterations:

Rear Ell added/altered - 1936 c; Sun porch addition to rear - 1950-70 c; some replacement windows - Later 20th C

Historical Information:

Built between 1904 and 1909 John Staubes Jr. on land bought by his father in 1873. Willed at his death in 1936 to his late sister's husband H. E. Gyles attorney and two- term mayor of Aiken (died 1966). Purchased and renovated by state Senator and Mrs. G.E. McMillan.

Source of Historical Information:

Sanborn maps; McDowell Aiken Scrapbook P. 83-84.

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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