The Charles E. Simons Jr. Federal Court House is located in

Aiken, South Carolina Aiken is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Aiken County, in western South Carolina. It is one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after William Aiken, the president of the Sout ...

. It is significant for its association with the many federal construction programs of the

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era. The building, designed by Columbia, South Carolina architects Lafaye and Lafaye, is an excellent example of a

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building, a style often used during the 1920s and 1930s for government buildings in smaller towns. The Court House was listed in the

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on December 10, 2003. The building was named for District Court judge Charles Earl Simons Jr. in 1986.

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina Government buildings completed in 1935 Buildings and structures in Aiken, South Carolina Federal courthouses in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Aiken County, South Carolina {{AikenCountySC-NRHP-stub