Sunny Corner

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

208. S. Boundary Ave SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1901

Control Number:

U/03/1901

Date Surveyed:

January 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1922

Alteration Date:

1980

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Number of Stories:

1.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Synthetic Siding

Foundation Materials:

Brick

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Symmetrical façade; 3 chimneys along ridgeline; orig. door w/sidelights; gabled entrance bay porch flanked by brick terrace along full-length of front elevation; property surrounded by brick fence (1990s); windows are single 6/6 windows; rear elevation has 3 gambrel ells projecting from it; modern gambrel garage.. Prev SHPO No. 702; Winter Colony Historic District 2

Alterations:

application of synthetic (vinyl) siding - 1980 c

Historical Information:

A house on this lot was owned by the Woodward or Chafee family; it was either demolished or extensively remodeled by P.D. Roberts of Philadelphia. Mr. Roberts was general counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad and Mrs. Roberts an heir of the Diston Saw Company. According to Herman Hahn, Mrs. Roberts was one of few people in the U.S. that had an annual income of a million dollars. Yale Dolan is said to have owned the house from around 1915 to 1949. After his death, Mrs. Ambrose Clark bought the house. When Mrs. Clark died, Mr. and Mrs. William Walker Phelps (son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield Phelps) acquired the house at a public auction.

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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