2-24 Pickens Salley House - Aiken, SC
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gpsblake
N 33° 34.395 W 081° 46.253
17S E 428455 N 3715106
Historical marker for Salley-Pickens house located on the campus of USC-Aiken. A nice large white building. It was originally in Edgefield County and moved to this location in 1989.
Waymark Code: WMNQCN
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2015
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(Front text)
2 24 Pickens-Salley House
This plantation house, first known as "Edgewood," is an excellent example of Federal-era architecture. Originally near Edgefield, it was built in 1828 for Francis W. Pickens (1807-1869), state representative and senator, congressman, U.S. Minister to Russia, and governor 1860-62 during the secession crisis and the first two years of the Civil War. Lucy Holcombe Pickens was an ardent Confederate and novelist.
Erected by the Aiken County Historical Society, 2002
(Reverse text)
2 24 Pickens-Salley House
In 1929 Eulalie Chafee Salley (1883-1975), pioneer woman suffragist, real estate broker, and developer, saved the house. Salley, architect Willis Irvin (1891-1950), and contractor Byron E. Hair supervised its dismantling, relocation to the Kalmia Hill area of Aiken, and restoration. It was moved here in 1989 when developer Ronny Bolton donated it to the University of South Carolina Aiken.
Erected by the Aiken County Historical Society, 2002
There is a youtube about this house
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visit link)