Gov. William Aiken House
South Carolina, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
The Gov. William Aiken House, also known as the Aiken-Rhett House, stands at 48 Elizabeth Street in the Wraggborough neighborhood of Charleston, South Carolina. Built in 1820 by John Robinson, who had acquired several lots there in 1817, it was originally configured as a Charleston double house. Considered the best preserved complex of antebellum domestic structures in the city, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977 and operated as a historic house museum by Historic Charleston Foundation since 1995.
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- Type
- house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- South Carolina, United States
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