Habersham House; Ambrose Clark House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

726 Grace Ave. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1985

Control Number:

U/03/1985

Date Surveyed:

February 3 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1929

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Main mass is symmetrical with central entrance and pairs of windows across façade; red brick with Flemish bond; house has side gables with gable end chimneys; boxed eaves; decorated cornice; original 6/6 windows; central entrance has semi-circular stoop on slender columns; there is a Palladian window flanked by two circular windows over entrance; brick headers over windows; detached stables and garage.. Prev. SHPO No. 790; Winter Colony Historic District 1

Historical Information:

Ambrose Clark property given by G.H. Bostwick to Aiken Day School in 1966. School was founded in 1932._x000D_ _x000D_ This home was built for Kenneth Schley, Master of the Essex Hunt. It was later purchased by Mr. and Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark, heirs of the O.N.T. Thread & Singer Sewing Machine fortune.

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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