Mann-Simons Cottage, Columbia

Name: Mann-Simons Cottage
Address: 1403 Richland St, Columbia, 29201-2519, United States
Telephone: +1 803-252-1770

#32 among attractions in Columbia

Museum, History museum, Historical place

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Mann-Simons Cottage is a historic home located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built around 1850, and is a 1 1/2-story, cottage style frame house on a raised basement. The front façade features a porch supported by four Tuscan order columns. It was the antebellum home of a substantial free black Columbia family. ()

Built: 1875 (150 years ago)Coordinates: 34°0'42"N, 81°2'4"W

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1403 Richland StDowntown Columbia (Robert Mills Historic)Columbia 29201-2519 United States

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+1 803-252-1770

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Mann-Simons Cottage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Colonial Life Arena, Spirit Communications Park, Efird's Department Store, Hampton–Preston House.

1.2 miS
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Colonial Life Arena, Columbia
31 min walk • The Colonial Life Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Columbia, South Carolina, primarily home to the University of South Carolina men's and women's basketball teams.
0.5 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Sport complex
Spirit Communications Park, Columbia
13 min walk • Segra Park, formerly known as Spirit Communications Park, is a baseball park in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the home of the Columbia Fireflies, a Minor League Baseball team playing in the Low-A East. It opened in 2016 and can seat up to 9,077 people.
~1940 ftS
Shopping, Department store
Efird's Department Store, Columbia
10 min walk • Efird's Department Store, also known as Lourie's Department Store, is a historic department store building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built about 1870, and is a rectangular brick building renovated and expanded in 1919.
~1570 ftE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Hampton–Preston House, Columbia
8 min walk • The Hampton–Preston House located at 1615 Blanding Street in Columbia, South Carolina, is a historic mansion that was the home of members of the prominent Hampton family. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 29, 1969.
0.4 miS
Large art collection in modern environs
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
11 min walk • The Columbia Museum of Art is an art museum in the American city of Columbia, South Carolina.
~1780 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Robert Mills House, Columbia
9 min walk • The Robert Mills House, also known as Robert Mills Historic House and Park or the Ainsley Hall House, is a historic house museum at 1616 Blanding Street in Columbia, South Carolina. Built in 1823 to a design by Robert Mills, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973 for its architectural significance.
0.4 miS
Church, Historical place
First Baptist Church, Columbia
11 min walk • The James Petigru Boyce Chapel is a historic church building at 1306 Hampton Street in Columbia, South Carolina. It is a Greek Revival building built in 1859. A convention met here on December 17, 1860, whose delegates voted unanimously for South Carolina to secede from the United States, leading to the American Civil War.
0.5 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Washington Street United Methodist Church, Columbia
12 min walk • The Washington Street United Methodist Church is a historic church at 1401 Washington Street in Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1872 and added to the National Register in 1970.
1.1 miS
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia
29 min walk • The Koger Center for the Arts is an arts center located in Columbia, South Carolina, on the University of South Carolina campus. It was built in 1988, and has 2,256 saleable seats.
~1470 ftS
Art gallery, Art museum, Shopping
Tapp's Arts Center, Columbia
8 min walk • The Building at 1644 Main Street, also known as Tapp's Department Store, is a historic commercial building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1940, and enlarged in 1950. It is a five- to seven-story, Depression Modern building faced in stucco and dark tremolite stone.
0.4 miE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Columbia Township Auditorium, Columbia
11 min walk • Columbia Township Auditorium, also known as Township Auditorium, is a historic auditorium located in Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1930, and is a three-story, brick building with a Doric order columned portico in the Georgian Revival style.

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Nearby attractions include Debruhl-Marshall House, Columbia (3 min walk), Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Columbia (3 min walk), Ladson Presbyterian Church, Columbia (5 min walk), Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral Columbia, Columbia (5 min walk).