Description
Archer Cottage, circa 1910, a Colonial Revival two-story home originally built by W. H. Pardue. Per an old article, Mr. Pardue rented to winter colony residents Col. J. Robert McCormick and W. R. Grace while they built their winter colony homes and then sold the home to an eccentric George Archer whom the Smoak family purchased the home from his heirs in the 70's. Archer Cottage has a wonderful Southern presence with its wide front porch facade wrapping around the South side of the home to a now enclosed garden room, its Tuscan columns entablature with dentil course, weatherboard siding, and shingled hip roof with plain boxed cornice all contributing to the character of Aiken's Winter Colony Historic District. Archer Cottage, situated on just over half acre with carriage house & guest cottage, awaits you to restore it back to its grandeur. Beyond the front door with fluted moldings and an entablature with dentil course, is a gracious front hall, perfect for your baby grand piano, a font parlor and DR with built in china cabinets flanking either side of the FP, offering original pine floors, pocket doors, fine moldings, transom windows with original hardware and 12' Hitchcock Aiken ceilings. Conveniently located to the DR is the butler's pantry with powder room and off a proportionally square kitchen space, a cozy one-bedroom apartment at the back of the home offers great space ideal for purposeful renovation to fit your lifestyle today i.e. primary bedroom suite, in-law suite, large keeping room off the kitchen, office, rental, etc. The upper floor offers four bedrooms and three bathrooms. A sleeping porch, once having exposed rafters, overlooks the historic Camellia gardens currently in bloom that grace the property. Decorative bird tiles baked in Mrs. Smoak's kiln adorn one of the FP surrounds in one of the bedrooms. Carved in the stone doorstep of the 480-sf guest cottage are the Latin words for ''Home Sweet Home''. This home awaits your love & care to transform it back to its elegance.
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5BEDS
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0.52ACRES
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4BATHS
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11/2 BATHS
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4,065SQFT
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$148$/SQFT
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Description
Archer Cottage, circa 1910, a Colonial Revival two-story home originally built by W. H. Pardue. Per an old article, Mr. Pardue rented to winter colony residents Col. J. Robert McCormick and W. R. Grace while they built their winter colony homes and then sold the home to an eccentric George Archer whom the Smoak family purchased the home from his heirs in the 70's. Archer Cottage has a wonderful Southern presence with its wide front porch facade wrapping around the South side of the home to a now enclosed garden room, its Tuscan columns entablature with dentil course, weatherboard siding, and shingled hip roof with plain boxed cornice all contributing to the character of Aiken's Winter Colony Historic District. Archer Cottage, situated on just over half acre with carriage house & guest cottage, awaits you to restore it back to its grandeur. Beyond the front door with fluted moldings and an entablature with dentil course, is a gracious front hall, perfect for your baby grand piano, a font parlor and DR with built in china cabinets flanking either side of the FP, offering original pine floors, pocket doors, fine moldings, transom windows with original hardware and 12' Hitchcock Aiken ceilings. Conveniently located to the DR is the butler's pantry with powder room and off a proportionally square kitchen space, a cozy one-bedroom apartment at the back of the home offers great space ideal for purposeful renovation to fit your lifestyle today i.e. primary bedroom suite, in-law suite, large keeping room off the kitchen, office, rental, etc. The upper floor offers four bedrooms and three bathrooms. A sleeping porch, once having exposed rafters, overlooks the historic Camellia gardens currently in bloom that grace the property. Decorative bird tiles baked in Mrs. Smoak's kiln adorn one of the FP surrounds in one of the bedrooms. Carved in the stone doorstep of the 480-sf guest cottage are the Latin words for ''Home Sweet Home''. This home awaits your love & care to transform it back to its elegance.
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