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Summer Retreat at Kalmia Hill and Chancellor Carroll House
The article chronicles Kalmia Village on Kalmia Hill near Aiken, its 19th century founders like William Gregg and James Parsons Carroll, and the Chancellor Carroll House built in 1855. It covers Carroll’s political career, the village’s summer retreat role for planters, and Willis Irvin’s 1930s remodeling of the house and local landmarks such as Banksia and the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Marion
Kalmia Hill
Chancellor Carroll
Charleston
Kalmia Village
South Carolina
Robert Mills
Aiken
Charleston and
Hamburg
William Gregg
Graniteville Company
Gregg
Ker Boyce
Col
Richard Yeadon
James G. C. Wilkinson
James Parsons Carroll
Kalmia
James Parons Carroll
Carroll
Sion
Willis Irvin
Augusta
Irvin
Banksia
Aiken County
Gregg Avenue
Court of Equity