Aiken Hospital/Aiken County Hospital

Aiken Hospital- The first public hospital in Aiken was built in 1917 for the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society, with donations from members of the “Aiken Winter Colony”. It closed in 1924 and reopened in 1927 with additional funding.

Aiken County Hospital- Funded by the Public Works Administration and the Duke Foundation, the hospital opened in 1936. A four-story brick Colonial Revival building was called “the last word in a modern hospital”.