Aiken-Rhett House Museum

The Aiken-Rhett House is a sprawling urban complex defined by its stucco-over-brick facade and the survival of its original outbuildings, including a kitchen, laundry, and slave quarters. Constructed around eighteen twenty by merchant John Robinson, the property became the primary residence of Governor William Aiken Junior and his wife, Harriet, starting in eighteen thirty-three. They expanded the site significantly during the eighteen thirties and fifties, creating a house intended to serve as a hub for their social and political life.