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Gov. William Aiken House

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
77001216

Added to NRHP
  
21 November 1977

Built
  
1820

Opened
  
1820

Gov. William Aiken House

Location
  
48 Elizabeth St., Charleston, South Carolina

Architectural styles
  
Greek Revival architecture, Victorian architecture, Federal architecture

Similar
  
Aiken‑Rhett House, William Aiken House an, Nathaniel Russell House, Historic Charleston Foundation, Joseph Manigault House

The 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.

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

Historic Charleston Foundation owns and operates the Aiken-Rhett House as a historic house museum, as well as the Nathaniel Russell House.

References

Gov. William Aiken House Wikipedia