Whitehall

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

McCormick - Summerall House

Street Address:

902 Magnolia Street, SE, Aiken, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001100062

Site Number:

2-10- 16 (50)

Date Surveyed:

September 22 1982

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1910

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Architect or Builder:

Willis Irvin

Construction Method:

brick

Roof Materials:

slate

Signficant Architectural Features:

1-story brick house(painted white), irregular in plan. Multi-gabled roof Has cornice with modillions. House has at least six brick chimneys with plain stacks and caps, windows are double-hung sash, 6/6; they once had shutters (hardware remains); all of the windows that can be seen from Magnolia Street have surrounds that feature cornices with a dentil course. Across the north, south and most of the west sides are terraces. Front (west elevation): design is basically symmetrical; in the center of the front is a pedimented porch which is characterized by a fanlight in the pediment; an entablature with trighyphs and medillians and 4 Tuscan columns; the porch shelters the central entrance, a single 6-panel door, diamond-paned sidelights, and large semicircular fanlight; on either side of the porch are two windows and an entablature with trighyphs and medillions; at the north and south ends of the front are projecting wings which have gable roofs that have a rounded louvered vent in their pedimented ends (which are stuccoed); both the north and south wings feature two windows on their west sides. North & South sides: at the east end of each of these sides is a gabled wing (with pedimented end) . OUTBUILDINGS:

Source of Historical Information:

1935 Sanborn map of Aiken; Aiken, Queen of winter Resorts

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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