Alfred Dicks House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Granville Plantation;Granville Plantation

Street Address:

Beech Island vicinity, 0.2 miles on dirt drive, off south side SC 125, 0.3 miles NW of SC 302

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Site Number:

S108042001300023

Site Number:

6.028

Date Surveyed:

1986-03-18

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1840

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Construction Method:

Frame

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Materials:

Composition

Date of Boundary Increase:

No Boundary Increase

Signficant Architectural Features:

1-1/2 story frame residence on a full finished raised brick basement level; rectangular with rear wing and garage additions; 5 bays wide (B: W-W-E-W-W; 1st, W-E-W), 2 bays deep (B: W-W; 1st, W-W); side gable composition roof with front-facing shed dormer, 2 6/6 windows in dormer; 2 interior brick chimneys w/corbelled caps; monumental 2-story Corinthian order portico across facade with projecting curved central bay; boxed cornice w/decorative "corbelled" modillions, stylized Greek fish symbols along frieze at portico w/dentils below, oversized 9/9 windows at first floor w/ louvered shutters, aluminum storm windows; alum, entrance w/broken pedimented surround & transom; flanking iron stairs supported by decorative cast-iron posts w/lanterns rise from ground level to a central first floor entrance porch; wood weatherboard siding, brick foundation (See also: "4 Centuries & More", Vol. 1, #2, p. 9 re: cemetery) OUTBUILDINGS: 1 shed

Alterations:

Ca. 1967: storm windows, portico detaining, additions, extensive interior renovation

Historical Information:

Constructed ca. 1840 by Alfred Dicks

Source of Historical Information:

MacDowell. An Aiken Scrapbook, p. 44;

Survey:

Aiken County Survey (Western Portion), 1986

Archives Location:

Box 13, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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