Red (or High) Top

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

120 Dupree Pl. SW (Main House)_x000D_ 132 Dupree Pl. (Stables), Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1939

Control Number:

U/03/1939

Date Surveyed:

January 7 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1910 – circa 1920

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

L

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Synthetic Siding

Foundation Materials:

Brick

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

L shaped plan with low pitch hip roof; boxed eaves with simple cornice; windows have diamond shape tracery; attached porte cochere with square brick supports; brick chimneys with corbelled caps.. Prev. SHPO No. 742; Winter Colony Historic District 1

Historical Information:

Smith, p. 191 "Mr. Fitch Gilbert of Gilbertville N.Y., whose wife os the mother of the redoubtable "Pete" and "Brother" Bostwich, held sway at "Red Top".

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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