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Every Wednesday through Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and every Sunday at 3:00 p.m. during the month of February

Featured: Black History Month Tour

Mann-Simons Site and Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

In celebration of Black History Month, Historic Columbia is offering a combined tour of both the Mann-Simons Site and the Modjeska Monteith Simkins House. This tour lasts approximately 75 minutes and will meet at the Gift Shop at Robert Mills, where tickets can be purchased. Guests should drive from there to the Mann-Simons site. After a semi-guided tour of the home, guests may either walk or drive the two blocks to the Modjeska Monteith Simkins House. Here guests will take a self-guided tour and conclude the combined tour.

  • Tour Times

    Wednesday - Saturday 1:30 p.m.
    Sunday 3:00 p.m.

  • Tickets

    Please purchase your tickets at the Gift Shop at Robert Mills 10 minutes before your tour begins.

    Hours and Pricing

  • Accessibility

    Visitors will drive from the Robert Mills House to the Mann-Simons Site. The Modjeska Monteith Simkins House is less than blocks away. Limited on-site parking is available and walking between the sites is encouraged. 

  • Questions?

    Contact Us

    reservations@historiccolumbia.org
    803.252.1770 x 23

Black History Month Tour Map

 

Black History Month Tour Map

 

About the

Mann-Simons Site

The Mann-Simons Site, home to the same entrepreneurial African American family for nearly 130 years, traces the journey of Columbia’s African American community from enslavement through urban renewal.

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Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, one of South Carolina's greatest human rights advocates, from 1932 until her death on April 5, 1992.

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1601 Richland Street
Columbia, SC 29201

Tours
All historic house and garden tours start at the Gift Shop at Robert Mills.
1616 Blanding Street
Columbia, SC 29201

Questions? Call (803) 252-7742.

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