House Tours
While Historic Columbia's historic homes remain closed, you can enjoy a Multi-Site Outdoor Tour. Find more information on our Outdoor Tours page or browse tour options below.
Upcoming Outdoor Tours
Saturday, November 28th
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, December 3rd
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, December 4th
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, December 4th
6 — 8 p.m.
Movies in the Garden: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
1615 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Historic Columbia is excited to bring you Movies in the Garden sponsored by The ART of Real Estate. Get in the holiday spirit with the nostalgia of watching the Griswold family during Movies in the Garden: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Movie goers will be separated in socially distanced pods. Craft...
Saturday, December 5th
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, December 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...
Friday, December 11th
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, December 12th
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, December 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...
Friday, December 18th
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, December 19th
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, February 12th
6:30 — 8:30 p.m.
Movies in the Garden: Anti-Valentine’s Day
1615 Blanding St., Columbia, SC 29201
Historic Columbia is excited to bring you Movies in the Garden sponsored by The ART of Real Estate. Leave behind the sappy Valentine’s Day for a horror-filled evening with Movies in the Gardens: Anti-Valentine’s Day event. Bring your chair and a blanket to watch the modern classic Scream in socially...
Friday, April 9th
6:30 — 8:30 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...
Robert Mills House & Gardens
1616 Blanding Street | Columbia, SC 29201
One of only five National Historic Landmarks in Columbia, the Robert Mills House showcases the skill of the architect who designed some of our nation's most prominent buildings, including the Washington Monument.
Hampton-Preston Mansion & Gardens
1615 Blanding Street | Columbia, SC 29201
One of Columbia's oldest remaining structures, the Hampton-Preston Mansion explores the lives of enslaved workers and their planter-class owners.
History of the Hampton Preston Mansion
Mann-Simons Site
1403 Richland Street | Columbia, SC 20201
While only one house stands today, the Mann-Simons Site historically was a collection of commercial and domestic spaces owned and operated by the same African American family from at least 1843 until 1970.
Woodrow Wilson Family Home
1705 Hampton Street | Columbia, SC 29201
The nation's only museum dedicated to interpreting the post-Civil War Reconstruction period and South Carolina's only remaining presidential site, this distinctive circa-1871 Italian villa-style residence was home to a 14-year-old boy named "Tommy" Woodrow Wilson.
History of the Woodrow Wilson Family Home
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House
2025 Marion Street | Columbia, SC 29201
Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5, 1992.
Plan Your Visit
Accessibility
We recognize that 19th-century architecture poses some accessibility challenges and are always working to improve access to our homes for all our visitors. If you or your group have any accessibility concerns, please call 24 hours in advance of your tour so that we may best accommodate your needs. There is a small step to gain access to the Gift Shop where admission must be purchased. With 24-hour advance notice, we can place a ramp at the entrance to allow wheelchair access. Please contact 803.252.1770 ext. 24 for more information about accessibility at any of Historic Columbia's properties. Weekend visitors should contact Historic Columbia during regular weekday business hours to plan for an upcoming visit.