Robinson-Aiken Cow House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston

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character. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Original and Subsequent Owners: John Robinson, original owner? bought the land in (Charleston County Mesne Conveyance Office, vol. p. 393 [longhand]). He sold house in to William Aiken, Charles Edmonston and Lewis A. Pitray. (Ibid. vol. p. Governor William Aiken lived here and the house went to his daughter, A. Burnet Rhett. (information from I'On Lowndes Rhett). B, Date of Erection: Circa Wk PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION At one time there were cow houses at the east and west ends of a transverse axis in the garden, but very little remains of the one at the east. The western one appears complete except that it lacks a roof. It is rectangular tn plan, about 10' x and is constructed of brick.

The east front has a central pier and corner piers, with two elliptical brick arches, within which are four-centered arched openings. A projecting brick course forms the impost. Above the arches is a parapet. The north and south ends each have a single open- ing, of a design similar to those:, on the east front; the garden wall forms the fourth side. It appears that this structure had an earth floor, and accommodated two animals. Prepared by Harley J. McKee, Architect National Park Service August Addendum to: Robinson-Axken Cow House HABS No. 48 Elizabeth Street Charleston Charleston County South Carolina <i =aC PHOTOGRAPHS Historic American Buildings Survey National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, D.C