Aiken

Perry, SC

This road likely began as a Native American trading path that ran from the Savannah River to Charleston.

Aiken, SC

(Front) Aiken, chartered in 1835 and the county seat of Aiken County since its creation in 1871, was an early stop on the railroad line...

Aiken, SC

AIKEN COLORED CEMETERY (Front) This cemetery, established in 1852 as a city cemetery, became Pine Lawn Memorial Gardens in 1988.

Aiken, SC

Aiken County, created in 1871 from parts of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg counties, was named for William Aiken, first...

Aiken, SC

The Aiken County Farmers’ Market, founded in 1951, was originally an open air market sponsored by the Edisto Grange.

Aiken, SC

(Front) This church, founded in 1805, predates the city of Aiken and was first called Levels Baptist Church.

Aiken, SC

AIKEN HOSPITAL (Front) * Proposed location.

Aiken, SC

The Aiken Institute, which gave this area the name of "Institute Hill," was chartered in 1888.

Aiken, SC

(Front) Aiken Preparatory School (APS), founded in 1916 as a boarding school for “junior gentlemen” in grades 4-8, was a fixture in the...

Aiken, SC

(Front) The Aiken Railroad Depot was constructed in 1899 by the Southern Railway.

Aiken, SC

(Front) Banksia, named for the yellow roses of the same name that grow here, was commissioned in 1931 by Richard Howe – Aiken Winter...

Beech Island, SC

(Front) On January 5, 1856, Governor James H. Hammond and eleven other farmers of this area organized the Beech Island Agricultural Club...

Beech Island, SC

(Front) This church was organized in the Beech Island Academy on January 21, 1832, with Rev. Iverson Brooks as its first minister and...

Aiken, SC

(Front) This is the site of Camp Butler, a Confederate “camp of instruction” that operated from the spring to the fall of 1861, in what...

North Augusta, SC

(Front) This African-American community was established in 1930 after two floods on the Savannah River washed away most of the town of...

Aiken, SC

(Front) The freshwater spring less than 1/4 mi. SW was used by prehistoric Indians.

Beech Island, SC

DOWNER INSTITUTE & SCHOOL (Front) Downer Institute, founded in 1843, was originally located 1.5 mi. NE of this site and operated until 1865.

Aiken, SC

(Front) This church, founded in 1858 with 14 charter members and W. Peronneau Finley and John D. Legare as elders, first met in the Aiken...

Graniteville, SC

(Front) This Carpenter Gothic school was built in 1848 by the Graniteville Mill, then the largest textile mill in S.C. William Gregg...

Graniteville, SC

(Front) This cemetery, established about 1850, is closely associated with the Graniteville Mill, the largest and most successful textile...

Graniteville, SC

(Front) This mill, the largest textile mill in antebellum S.C., was chartered in 1845 and opened in 1847.

North Augusta, SC

Situated between this point and the Savannah River, Hamburg was a thriving river port and trading center for cotton and tobacco.

North Augusta, SC

Hamburg, located in the surrounding area, was a thriving river port and trading center for cotton and tobacco.

North Augusta, SC

(Front) The Hampton Terrace Hotel, an exclusive winter resort, stood atop this hill from 1903 to 1916.

Aiken, SC

(Front) The Highland Park Hotel, Aiken’s first grand tourist hotel, stood atop this plateau.

ABOUT 2 MILES BELOW BEECH ISLAND, SC

This church was built in 1836 by Beech Island Presbyterian Church, organized in 1827 with the Rev. Nathan H. Hoyt of Vermont as first...

Aiken, SC

(Front) Hitchcock Woods, one of the largest urban forests in the United States, is an area consolidated between 1891 and 1898 by...

Langley, SC

JACKSONVILLE SCHOOL (Front) Jacksonville School, built by the Jacksonville Lodge in 1895, taught the black children of this community...

North Augusta, SC

JAMES U. JACKSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE (Front) The first North Augusta bridge was built in 1891 by James U. Jackson.

Burnettown, SC

JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL (Front) Jefferson High School opened in 1956 as a junior high and high school for African-American students of...

Aiken, SC

(Front) This is the site of Kalmia, the home and plantation of William Gregg (1800-1867), pioneer industrialist of the antebellum South.

Aiken, SC

(Front) One of the oldest houses in Aiken, this was home to the Legare family, including writer James Mathewes Legare (1823-1859), who...

(Front) This house was for many years the home of Marie Cromer Seigler (1882-1964), educator and national pioneer in agricultural...

Aiken, SC

(Front) This church, formally organized in 1884, had its origins in a Sunday school class organized in 1874.

North Augusta, SC

(Front) North Augusta, chartered in 1906, includes the site of two early towns.

Aiken, SC

The town of Aiken, on land donated by Mr. Beverly M. Rodgers to the S.C. Rail Road in 1834, was laid out around a core of 27 city blocks...

(Front) One of five production reactors at Savannah River Plant, now Savannah River Site, P Reactor was the site of cutting-edge neutrino...

PASCALIS PLANTATION (Front) Elizabeth Pascalis purchased these 790 acres in 1835, settled here with her son Cyril Ouviere, and brought...

Aiken, SC

(Front) This plantation house, first known as “Edgewood,” is an excellent example of Federalera architecture.

North Augusta, SC

(Front) Providence Baptist Church was established by enslaved and free people of African descent in the town of Hamburg.

(Front) One of five production reactors at the Savannah River Plant, now Savannah River Site, R Reactor produced plutonium and tritium...

North Augusta, SC

(Front) Born 1757 in Virginia, this Indian fighter, who later moved to Edgefield District, attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of...

(Front) The Savannah River Plant (SRP) was built 1950-56 by Du Pont for the Atomic Energy Commission.

Beech Island, SC

SAVANNAH TOWN (Front) Forerunner of modern towns and highways and known to the English as early as 1685, this Indian town stood at a...

Aiken, SC

(Front) This school was founded by the Freedmen's Bureau shortly after the Civil War to educate freedmen, women, and children.

Beech Island, SC

(Front) This church, one of the first black Baptist churches in America, grew out of regular worship services held as early as the 1750s...

Aiken, SC

(Front) This church has its origin in 1825 as a Methodist congregation on the Hollow Creek Circuit that predates the city of Aiken.

Aiken, SC

(Front) This Episcopal Church (cornerstone laid Sept. 5, 1842) was consecrated Aug. 9, 1843.

Clearwater, SC

This church had its origins at or near this site in 1772 as a plantation chapel, in what was Edgefield District until after the Civil War.

Aiken, SC

(Front) The Augusta and Aiken Railway, a 26-mile interurban electric trolley line between Augusta, Ga.

North Augusta, SC

(Front) The Hamburg Massacre, which occurred nearby on July 8, 1876, was one of the most notable incidents of racial and political...

North Augusta, SC

2019) In the 1730s, an Indian path from Fort Moore to the Saluda ridge was used by traders going to the Cherokee Nation.

Aiken, SC

* Proposed location.

Wagener, SC

(Front) Wagener, established after the Blackville, Alston, & Newberry RR built its line from Blackville to Seivern in 1887-88, was...

North Augusta, SC

Near the foot of this bluff in the old town of Hamburg stood the western terminus of the S.C. Canal and Rail Road Co. Begun in 1830, it...

Aiken, SC

(Front) This park, laid out in 1904-05, was named for William Collins Whitney (1841-1904).

Aiken, SC

(Front) German prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from November 1943 to May 1946.