Aiken in Aiken County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Aiken Hospital / Aiken County Hospital
Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 15, 2012
1. Aiken Hospital Marker
Inscription.
Aiken Hospital, also, Aiken County Hospital. .
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 and 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.
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 Aiken County Historical Society. (Marker Number 2-47.)
33.862′ N, 81° 43.8′ W. Marker is in Aiken, South Carolina, in Aiken County. Marker is on Richland Avenue W (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.
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 June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,520 times since then and 82 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 17, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
