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Second Sunday Stroll
Arsenal Hill
Explore Arsenal Hill during our upcoming Second Sunday Stroll. This guided walking tour will highlight architecture and history of this historic neighborhood.
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Why Join?
If you look around, you’ll see Historic Columbia’s advocacy work everywhere—from the Bull Street development to the new Palmetto Compress building…and we’ve got big plans to save even more historic properties from demolition, but we need the help of people like you to make it happen.
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Your membership helps us create entertaining historical programming that brings people from diverse age groups and backgrounds together. Our educational programs help explain the connections between our past and present, using history as a prism for a deeper understanding.
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As a member, you’ll get discounted admission and early access to our most popular events. Joining Historic Columbia is a great way to “plug in” to the city’s professional network and get involved in your community.
Join TodaySpring Plant Sale
Various plants from the grounds at Historic Columbia are available for sale!
19th Amendment
Virtual Exhibit
Explore the history - local and national - that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in this online version of an exhibit that will be available to view in person when Historic Columbia reopens.
Tours
Connect with History
We offer socially distanced outdoor tours weekly -- whether you want to explore the history of HC's historic sites or its gardens.
Rentals
Historically Ever After
We are currently booking and hosting events in a limited capacity and with additional precautions in place to ensure the safety of our guests and staff. Contact our Rentals Coordinator for more information about hosting an event with Historic Columbia!
Upcoming Events
Friday, April 9th
10 — 11 a.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Explore the native and exotic with Historic Columbia's Director of Grounds, Keith Mearns, as he offers insight into the varied and beautiful gardens at the Robert Mills House and Hampton-Preston Site. Each encompassing a full city block, the development of the gardens at these sites is guided by collections policies...
Friday, April 9th
11 a.m. — 12 p.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Led through the grounds of HC properties, visitors will get a chance to learn about the history of the Robert Mills House and Gardens and Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens. Visitors will connect to the history of 19th century Columbia by learning about architecture, the planter class, enslaved individuals and the...
Friday, April 9th
6:30 — 10 p.m.
Movies in the Garden: Field of Dreams
1615 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Historic Columbia is excited to bring you Movies in the Garden sponsored by The ART of Real Estate. Spring means the start of baseball, America’s favorite pastime. So come out an April evening to enjoy the modern classic Field of Dreams on the Historic Columbia grounds! Purchase your tickets for...
Saturday, April 10th
11 a.m. — 12 p.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Led through the grounds of HC properties, visitors will get a chance to learn about the history of the Robert Mills House and Gardens and Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens. Visitors will connect to the history of 19th century Columbia by learning about architecture, the planter class, enslaved individuals and the...
Sunday, April 11th
2 — 3:30 p.m.
Second Sunday Stroll | Arsenal Hill
1800 Lincoln Street, Columbia, SC 29201
This guided walking tour will highlight architecture and history of this historic neighborhood. Named for the military academy established here in 1842, Arsenal Hill rests within the northwest section of Columbia’s original two-mile-by-two-mile city limits.
Tuesday, April 13th
11 a.m. — 12 p.m.
Building Columbia: Architecture from 1786 to Today
South Carolina’s capital city features a conglomerate of building forms and aesthetics reflecting a wide range of design trends and construction methodologies. As the first planned city in the United States, Columbia has experienced an architectural evolution involving both unique and formulaic responses to each generation’s needs and tastes. Explore...
Thursday, April 15th
11 a.m. — 12 p.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Led through the grounds of HC properties, visitors will get a chance to learn about the history of the Robert Mills House and Gardens and Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens. Visitors will connect to the history of 19th century Columbia by learning about architecture, the planter class, enslaved individuals and the...
Thursday, April 15th
7:30 — 8:30 p.m.
1615 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Please contact reservations@historiccolumbia.org to be added to the wait list. Migratuse Ataraxia (2021) is a performative architectural tour that centers black humanity in response to time, COVID-19, histories, migration and speculative black futurity. In 2019 Wideman Davis Dance’s creation and performance of Migratuse Ataraxia centered the humanity of enslaved Africans...
Friday, April 16th
10 — 11 a.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Explore the native and exotic with Historic Columbia's Director of Grounds, Keith Mearns, as he offers insight into the varied and beautiful gardens at the Robert Mills House and Hampton-Preston Site. Each encompassing a full city block, the development of the gardens at these sites is guided by collections policies...
Friday, April 16th
11 a.m. — 12 p.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Led through the grounds of HC properties, visitors will get a chance to learn about the history of the Robert Mills House and Gardens and Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens. Visitors will connect to the history of 19th century Columbia by learning about architecture, the planter class, enslaved individuals and the...
Friday, April 16th
7:30 — 8:30 p.m.
1615 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Migratuse Ataraxia (2021) is a performative architectural tour that centers black humanity in response to time, COVID-19, histories, migration and speculative black futurity. In 2019 Wideman Davis Dance’s creation and performance of Migratuse Ataraxia centered the humanity of enslaved Africans in antebellum homes despite the oppressive bondage they lived under...
Saturday, April 17th
11 a.m. — 12 p.m.
1616 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Led through the grounds of HC properties, visitors will get a chance to learn about the history of the Robert Mills House and Gardens and Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens. Visitors will connect to the history of 19th century Columbia by learning about architecture, the planter class, enslaved individuals and the...
Saturday, April 17th
7:30 — 8:30 p.m.
1615 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Please contact reservations@historiccolumbia.org to be added to the wait list. Migratuse Ataraxia (2021) is a performative architectural tour that centers black humanity in response to time, COVID-19, histories, migration and speculative black futurity. In 2019 Wideman Davis Dance’s creation and performance of Migratuse Ataraxia centered the humanity of enslaved Africans...
Sunday, April 18th
7:30 — 8:30 p.m.
1615 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Migratuse Ataraxia (2021) is a performative architectural tour that centers black humanity in response to time, COVID-19, histories, migration and speculative black futurity. In 2019 Wideman Davis Dance’s creation and performance of Migratuse Ataraxia centered the humanity of enslaved Africans in antebellum homes despite the oppressive bondage they lived under...
Tuesday, April 20th
11 a.m. — 12 p.m.
Building Columbia: Architecture from 1786 to Today
South Carolina’s capital city features a conglomerate of building forms and aesthetics reflecting a wide range of design trends and construction methodologies. As the first planned city in the United States, Columbia has experienced an architectural evolution involving both unique and formulaic responses to each generation’s needs and tastes. Explore...
City of Women Honoree
Victoria L. Eslinger
From a lawsuit to work at the State House to establishing a hotline for female students, Eslinger's work for women's rights opened new opportunities for women in Columbia and across the state.
Latest News from HC
Why Palladium - Kip Dillihay II
Each month, Historic Columbia introduces one of its Palladium members. This series is designed to highlight individuals from HC’s dynamic group of diverse professionals. Don't forget! Palladium's new quarterly Home History Raffle is open for new and renewing Palladium Members. Join or renew your membership with Palladium by April 30...
