Aiken-rhett House

Object Details

sova.aag.gca_ref12666
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d78a0cf6-4358-4aff-bab4-0a2a3a0eee53
General
The mansion was completed in 1817 and enlarge to Greek Revival style from 1833-1836. The rear courtyard has complete groups of dependencies for prominal family chicken coup, matching gothic cornshed, matching pair of gothic privys an a magnolia allee.
Creator
Charleston Museum (Charleston, S.C.)
Weller, Eleanor C.
Aiken, William Governor
Historic Charleston Foundation
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Place
South Carolina -- Charleston
United States of America -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- Charleston
Topic
Spring
Magnolias
Gates -- wooden
Allées
Urban areas
Ruins
Creator
Charleston Museum (Charleston, S.C.)
Weller, Eleanor C.
Aiken, William Governor
Historic Charleston Foundation
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / South Carolina / SC037: Charleston -- Aiken-Rhett House
Sponsor
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
Extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Date
04/01/1990
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, Item SC037001
Type
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
AAG.GCA_ref12666
Large EAD
AAG.GCA
AAG
Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210186710-0
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