This $2.95M like-new SC farmhouse sits amid Aiken history. Take a look

A 4,000 square-foot home in Aiken’s historic district with a listing price of $2.95 million is described as old meets new.

The five-bedroom, four-bath farmhouse at 248 Marion Street SE was built in 2018 along the tree-lined streets of Old Aiken on 2 acres with, as you might expect in the historic horse community, a stable.

Built in 1928, the 6,000-foot stable has 16 stalls, a large wash rack, a tack room with half bath, a large outbuilding for hay storage, and a barn apartment with sitting room, bedroom, kitchen and full bath.

There are also three irrigated paddocks.

“It’s rare to find a property in the historic district that feels this effortless,” Realtor Karl McMillan of Coldwell Banker Realty said. Everything’s already in place, from the layout to the barn setup, so you can settle in and focus on living, not fixing.”

The main living area of the house has an open floor plan — from the great room with a fireplace and large windows overlooking the property to the upscale kitchen with a center island. All of the rooms have hardwood floors.

The owner’s suite is on the main floor and includes a soaking tub, large shower and lots of counterspace.

Even the laundry room has hardwood floors and large windows with a view of the stables.

Upstairs are four bedrooms, two baths and a bonus room.

The property is close to Aiken Horse Park at Bruce’s Field, which hosts various disciplines of equestrian competition year-round and Hitchcock Woods, the largest privately-owned urban forest in the country. It covers 2,100 acres with 70 miles of sandy trails used by walkers and equestrians since the early 1800s.

The Aiken County Historical Society said the area was “once home to a Native American culture that developed the earliest known pottery in North America.”

Hernando DeSoto came to the area in 1540 looking for the gold of the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi. Then came English pioneers soon after they founded Charles Town in 1670.

In the mid 1830s, what was then the world’s longest railroad was built from Charleston to Hamburg on the Savannah River. The town is named for the railroad president, William Aiken.

It became a haven for people able to flee Charleston’s summer heat, held the first large textile mill in the state and was spared destruction during the Civil War, the historical society said.

Then came members of the northern leisure class in the late 1800s to ride horses and play golf.

Among the famous people who have lived part-time in Aiken or visited regularly are Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Arden , Greg Norman, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis is said to have visited frequently in the 1950s while married to John F. Kennedy, staying at her stepfather’s estate, Greentree Stable.