Gov. William Aiken House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Gov. William Aiken House
nrhp_type = nrhp


caption = Gov. William Aiken House
location= 48 Elizabeth St., Charleston, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 47
lat_seconds = 29
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 56
long_seconds = 6
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1820
architect= Unknown
architecture= Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
added = November 21, 1977cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=77001216The Gov. William Aiken House, also known as the Aiken-Rhett House or the Robinson-Aiken House, is a home built in 1820 at 48 Elizabeth Street in Charleston, South Carolina.

It was a home of William Aiken, Jr., a governor of South Carolina, and before that was a home of his father, the railroad company owner William Aiken.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710098/index.htm
title=Governor William Aiken House, Charleston County (48 Elizabeth St., Charleston) |accessdate=2008-04-03|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

ee also

*William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0023 Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC: 81 photos, 11 drawings, 10 data pages] , and related [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0022 Cow House] , [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0024 Necessary Building] , [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0025 Service Building and Stable] , [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0026 Slave Building and Kitchens] , at Historic American Building Survey