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Gov. William Aiken House

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Gov. William Aiken House
Gov. William Aiken House

The Gov. William Aiken House (also known as the Aiken-Rhett House, or the Robinson-Aiken House) was built in 1820 at 48 Elizabeth Street, in the Wraggborough neighborhood of Charleston, South Carolina. Despite being known for its association with Gov. William Aiken, the house was built by John Robinson after he bought several lots in Mazyck-Wraggborough in 1817. His house was originally configured as a Charleston single house with entrance to the house from the south side along Judith Street. The house is considered to be the best preserved complex of antebellum domestic structures in Charleston. It was the home of William Aiken, Jr., a governor of South Carolina, and before that the home of his father, the owner of South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, William Aiken. Mrs. Frances Dill Rhett, whose husband was a direct descendant of Gov. William Rhett, donated the house to the Charleston Museum in 1975. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Since 1995, the Historic Charleston Foundation has owned and operated the Aiken-Rhett House as a historic house museum.

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Gov. William Aiken House
Elizabeth Street, Charleston

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Elizabeth Street 48
29424 Charleston
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Wragg Borough Homes
Wragg Borough Homes

The Wragg Borough Homes is a public housing project in Charleston, South Carolina. It is bounded by Drake Street (to the east), Chapel Street (to the south), America and Elizabeth Streets (to the west), and South Street (to the north). The land for the development was acquired in 1939. Before the integration of public facilities, the housing project was meant only for the city's Black residents while the Robert Mills Manor was meant for White residents. The new housing was expected to cost only $2.30 a month for rent per room.Bids for the construction of the housing was due December 11, 1939, for the 128 single-story housing units. The new project was called the Wragg Borough Homes in honor of Samuel Wragg, the previous owner of most of the property. The lowest bid was submitted by the Artley Company of Savannah, Georgia, the same contractor which was building the Robert Mills Manor. The contract approved totaled $344,000.Construction could not begin until housing was available in another development, the Ansonborough Homes, so that those whose houses were being demolished for the new project could be temporarily relocated. To make way for the development, 134 housing units were demolished. A building permit for $3000 of demolition work was pulled in March 1940.A contract for landscaping was awarded to the Carolina Floral Company based on its bid of $9225. Loutrel Briggs was the landscape architect for the plans.The first 18 units were completed in July 1940.