Aiken Institute

Aiken Institute is a South Carolina historical marker in Aiken, Aiken County, dedicated 1999.

Aiken County · dedicated 1999 · In the block bounded by Chesterfield St., Whiskey Rd., Colleton Ave., S. Boundary Ave., and York St., Aiken

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The Aiken Institute, which gave this area the name of "Institute Hill," was chartered in 1888. The main building, designed by I.F. Goodrich in 1891, includes a wing added in 1913. All grades attended the Institute until 1937, when a new high school was built and this became Aiken Elementary School. It was the second oldest school in use in the state when it closed in 1986. The 1913 wing became the Aiken County Public Library in 1990.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Aiken Institute

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