Coach House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

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

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Site Number:

03_1859

Control Number:

U/03/1859

Date Surveyed:

January 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1890

Alteration Date:

1925 – 1975

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Square

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Symmetrical front façade; with original 2/2 windows; elaborate door surround; vernacular trim work; frieze board; elaborate pediment entrance surround with pediment cap w/tracery fanlight; 2 chimneys with in surface of roof; 2 flues win in surface of roof (rear); entrance marked with one story porch with decorative metal supports.. Prev. SHPO No. 658; Contributes to Winter Colony Historic District 2

Alterations:

gabled ell addition to rear - Early 20th C; infill of pier foundation, rear additions, front porch altered (supports) - Mid-20th C

Historical Information:

This 2-story weatherboard house has four chimneys and a truncated hip roof with plain-boxed cornice. In the center of the five-bay facade is an entrance with semicircular fanlight, broken-pediment, and fluted pilasters. There is a one-story porch across the central three bays of the facade.

Source of Historical Information:

Aiken Historic Home Tour by Aiken County Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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