Houses and mansions in Columbia
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Columbia register is houses than any other kind of building, 33 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1900 to 1911. 13 stops, 1.8 miles end to end. One stop is a National Historic Landmark.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Debruhl-Marshall House1401 Laurel St.Building · listed 1972start
- 2Mann-Simons Cottage1403 Richland St.Building · listed 1973478 ft from stop 1
- 3Modjeska Monteith Simkins House2025 Marion St.Building · built 1900 · listed 19940.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Hale-Elmore-Seibels House1601 Richland St.Building · listed 19710.3 mi from stop 3
- 5Hampton-Preston House1615 Blanding St.Building · listed 19690.2 mi from stop 4
- 6Hall, Ainsley, HouseNHL1616 Blanding St.Building · listed 1970311 ft from stop 5
- 7Thomas Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home1705 Hampton St.Building · listed 19720.1 mi from stop 6
- 8Chesnut Cottage1718 Hampton St.Building · listed 1971233 ft from stop 7
- 9Preston C. Lorick House1727 Hampton St.Building · listed 1972285 ft from stop 8
- 10Williams, A.P., Funeral Home1808 Washington St.Building · built 1911 · listed 20050.1 mi from stop 9
- 11Zimmerman House1332 Pickens St.Building · listed 19790.2 mi from stop 10
- 12Moore-Mann House1611 Hampton St.Building · listed 19790.1 mi from stop 11
- 13Leevy’s Funeral Home1831 Taylor St.Building0.3 mi from stop 12
1.8 straight-line miles over 12 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 13 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Columbia
- Banks and business blocks in Columbia10 stops · 1.1 milesThe route links commercial buildings built between 1903 and 1924. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
- Churches and temples in Columbia10 stops · 1.5 milesThe route links churches built between 1854 and 1906. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
Local history books for Columbia
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Guidebooks to historic places in South Carolina
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.