Sumter Cottage

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

McClelland-Walker House

Street Address:

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

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Site Number:

03_1862

Control Number:

U/03/1862

Date Surveyed:

January 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1890

Alteration Date:

1920

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Architect or Builder:

Eleanor Raymond, Architect - 1920

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Symmetrical façade; panel front door; transom in round pediment door surround designed by Eleanor Raymond; corner of projecting main block is chamfered; original 2/2 windows; boxed eaves; water table; frieze board; vernacular trim work; 5 brick chimneys with corbelled caps;. Prev. SHPO No. 661; contributes to Aiken Winter Colony Historic District 2

Alterations:

Several additions to the house date to the 1920s & mid-twentieth century

Historical Information:

Miss Adelaide McClelland from Canada, had sisters and a friend, miss Bertha Stevenson came to Aiken and lived in a cottage on Florence Street. Around 1920, they purchased this house from Carey Bishop, an Aiken merchant. The house once had a front porch, which was removed and replaced by the present doorway designed by Eleanor Raymond, FAIA of Cambridge, Mass. (where Mrs. McClelland usually lived during the summer months).

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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