Winter Colony News Today

For the past 15 years, some of the world’s greatest performing artists have traveled to Aiken in early March to share their talents as part of Joye in Aiken.

In its almost 200-year history, the Pickens-Salley House has re-invented itself twice. Built in 1829, the white clapboard building is now on USC Aikens campus.

A prescribed burn is planned from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, across 25 acres on the western side of Aikens Hitchcock Woods.

The railroad played an integral role in Aiken’s history and the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum is preserving that history for residents and visitors alike.

Aiken County took the first step on a maintenance plan for the Aiken Winter Colony home where the Aiken County Historical Museum is located Tuesday evening. The county sought and received permission from the city of Aikens Design Review Board to cut back three and a half inch copper flashing and to remove copper flashing installed around the chimneys at Banksia.

Joye Cottage, a 20,000-square-foot estate that has as many as 60 rooms, is likely the largest private residence in Aiken. It is listed on the National Register.

A historical marker telling the story of the Inclined Plane on Highland Park Drive in Aiken offers passersby a look at transportation technology from the 1830s.

Coleen Reed of the Friends of the Gaston Livery Stable talks about her book fundraiser and the importance of preserving history and the Gaston Livery Stable.

A wreck on Sunday, Dec. 10, damaged the gated entrance to The Balcony, a Winter Colony estate in Aiken that is owned by former S.C. Treasurer Thomas Ravenel who starred

A wreck on Sunday, Dec. 10, damaged the gated entrance to The Balcony, a Winter Colony estate in Aiken that is owned by former S.C. Treasurer Thomas Ravenel who starred