Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Picken's Place

Street Address:

144 Governors Ln. NW, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_3335

Control Number:

U/03/3335

Date Surveyed:

February 4 2010

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1925 – 1975

Alteration Date:

1990s

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick Veneer

Foundation Materials:

Brick

National Register Determination:

Potentially Eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Brick veneer on front elevation, remaining elevs are clapboard; chimneys are situated in front rooms on side elevs; 6/6 single windows; this house is rumoured to have associations w/Governor Pickens and other suggest it may date to the 19th C; more research is needed; the original Pickens House was National Register-listed but moved to USC - Aiken campus in 1990.

Alterations:

Replacement front door w/sidelights - 1990s c

Historical Information:

See Pickens House National Register Nomination dated 1983. More research on this property and its potential relationship to the Pickens House is needed.

Survey:

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

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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