City Directories and History: 1913 – Vacant, 1925 – J.W. Watts, 1941 – J. Frank West, 1964 – Tillie Geisenheimer, James Aiken House
Geisenheimer House – Originally, this building was one of two identical houses with an enclosed passageway connecting the second stories and a carriageway beneath. The sides of the houses faced the street and the fronts faced the enclosed courtyard. In 1923, the owner, A. L. Geisenheimer, razed one of the houses. He bequeathed the other to the Kershaw County Historical Society in 1972. An accounting firm bought it that year and restored it according to specifications
approved by the Society. During the War Between the States the house was used as a hospital for Confederate soldiers. [Courtesy of the Camden Tour Book]
The original home was constructed in circa 1830 by James Aiken in the Charleston Double house style. The carriage-way was used as access between the two homes built here. In 1833, Dr. William Geisenheimer bought the house on the northern lot. Later his son, Lexie Geisenheimer purchased the house to the south and razed it using much of the materials to enlarge his home.
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