Busbee Cottage

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Blank

Street Address:

141 S. Boundary Ave, Aiken, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001100020

Site Number:

219

Date Surveyed:

October 24 1985

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1928 – 1929

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Architect or Builder:

Jordan Miller

Construction Method:

Block (hollow tile) with masonry with stucco

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

Signficant Architectural Features:

21/2-story masonry (Hollow tile and brick stuccoed) painted white with gable end toward or perpendicular to street. Gable is half-timbered vertically and painted brown with double window (3 over 1 lights). Fenestration is (AA)BAAA, 3-vertical over 1 lights, brick (sills and lintels) window treatment. Front door is arched and within a small gabled entry porch with Tudor-arched opening (brick exterior treatment) with white keystone, all at left of facade. 2-storied porte-cochere extension to right of facade with gable roof perpendicular to main portion of house. Treatments of brick, with Tudor arched driveway passage with white keystone. 2-story left rear ell with same brick and rough stucco surface treatment. 2 car garage with half timbering at right rear side is evident through porte-cochere. A chimney on left side of slope with white treatment has an elaborately-corbelled top. Eaves are wide with exposed rafter ends. OUTBUILDINGS:

Historical Information:

Built for Henry Busbee, local attorney. Rented to winter residents in 1929, 30, and 31.

Survey:

Aiken - City - Winter Colony Historic Districts Survey, 1982

Archives Location:

Box 11, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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