Aiken's first public hospital, at the corner of Richland Avenue and Vaucluse Road, was built in 1917 for the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society with donations from members of the Aiken Winter Colony, on 3 acres of Eustis Park donated by the City of Aiken. Built by local African-American contractor McGhee and McGhee, it featured a hexagonal cupola, closed in 1924, and reopened in 1927 with additional funding. The Aiken County Hospital, funded by the Public Works Administration and the Duke Foundation, opened in 1936. A four-story brick Colonial Revival building designed by 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.

Photo: Mike Stroud

Photo: Mike Stroud

Photo: Mike Stroud

Photo: Mike Stroud

Photo: Mike Stroud

Photo: Mike Stroud

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