Joye Cottage Explained

Joye Cottage
Location:463 Whiskey Rd. and 129 1st Ave., Aiken, South Carolina
Built:1897
Architect:George H. Freeman
Architecture:Prairie School, Georgian
Added:September 29, 1980
Refnum:80003651

Joye Cottage is one of the oldest, and largest winter retreats in Aiken, South Carolina.[1] [2] Most of the sprawling property dates to 1897, when William Collins Whitney purchased the property and remodeled it extensively.[3] It now includes a main house, a stable, a greenhouse, a laundry house, a couple of one-story cottages, and a squash court. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wells . John . Suzanne Pickens . Martha Walker . Joye Cottage . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 9, 1980 . pdf . 26 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Joye Cottage, Aiken County (463 Whiskey Rd. & 129 1st Ave., Aiken) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 26 November 2012.
  3. Web site: SCDAH. www.nationalregister.sc.gov.