Aiken in Aiken County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Aiken Hospital
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Aiken County Hospital
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
1. Aiken Hospital Marker
Aiken Hospital. The first public hospital in Aiken, at the corner of Richland Ave. and Vaucluse Rd., was built in 1917 for the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society, with donations from members of the Aiken Winter Colony. The City of Aiken donated 3 acres of Eustis Park for the hospital and grounds. The hospital, built by local African-American contractor McGhee & McGhee, featured a hexagonal cupola. It closed in 1924 but reopened in 1927 with additional funding.
Aiken County Hospital. The Aiken County Hospital, funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA) and the Duke Foundation, opened in 1936. A four-story brick Colonial Revival building, designed by noted Augusta architect Willis Irvin (1890- 1950), it was called the last word in a modern hospital. After a new private hospital opened on University Parkway in 1976 the building here housed Aiken County offices for many years.
Erected 2012 by South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, sponsored by the Aiken County Historical Society. (Marker Number 2-47.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina Historical Markers
this page online
Location. 33° 33.862′ N, 81° 43.8′ W. Marker is in Aiken, South Carolina, in Aiken County. It is on Richland Avenue West (U.S. 1) near Morgan Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 828 Richland Avenue West, Aiken SC 29801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Augusta and in the Midlands. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Aiken Preparatory School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Adath Yeshurun Synagogue (approx. 0.3 miles away); St. Thaddeus Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Highland Park Hotel (approx. 0.4 miles away); Inclined Plane (approx. 0.4 miles away); 1953 Gas Explosion (approx. half a mile away); Author Jeff Scott (approx. half a mile away); Woodmen Of The World (approx. half a mile away); An Early Aiken Park (approx. half a mile away); The Augusta And Aiken Railway (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aiken.
Another marker is no longer nearby. South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
More about this marker. Although printed and casted as 2011, the marker was erected in 2012
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
2. Aiken County Hospital Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
3. Aiken Hospital / Aiken County Hospital Marker looking west along Richland Ave. W (US 1, 78)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
4. Aiken Hospital / Aiken County Hospital
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
5. Aiken Hospital / Aiken County Hospital
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
6. Aiken County Office Complex, over main entrance, seen today
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
7. Aiken Hospital / Aiken County Hospital Marker (r) seen near Richland Ave. W and Morgan Street
Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,363 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 17, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
