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Columbia offers a wide range of recreation; exciting attractions and spectator sports; and top-notch meeting facilities.
African American Heritage
African American History Monument
- South Carolina State House Grounds at Main and Gervais Streets
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone: (803) 734-2430
- Region: Columbia City Center
The African American History Monument, the first of its kind on any of the nation's statehouse grounds, was designed to recapture the rich history of African Americans and their contributions to the...More
Allen University
- 1530 Harden Street
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone: (803) 376-5700
- Region: Columbia City Center
Founded in 1870 by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Allen University is the first institution of higher education in South Carolina founded by African Americans for the express purpose...More
Benedict College
- 1600 Harden Street
- Columbia, SC 29204
- Phone: (803) 253-5000
- Region: Columbia City Center
AboutBenedict College was founded in 1870 on an 80-acre plantation in Columbia, South Carolina by the American Baptist Home Mission Society. This new school was established for the recently...More
Big Apple
- 1000 Hampton Street
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone: (803) 252-7742
- Region: Columbia City Center
Built as the House of Peace synagogue around 1907, the building was located originally at 1318 Park Street. After its congregation outgrew the building, the structure was sold with the stipulation...More
Booker T Washington High School
- Blossom, Wheat and Marion on the USC Campus
- Columbia, SC
- Phone: (803) 777-0169
- Region: Columbia City Center
Opened in 1916 as the second public school for African Americans, this building was a cultural and social center. The property is now part of the University of South Carolina.
Harriet Barber House
- 116 Barberville Loop
- Hopkins, SC 29061
- Phone: (803) 695-7669
- Region: Columbia SE & Ft. Jackson
The Barber House, according to family tradition, was constructed ca. 1880 and expanded in the early twentieth century. It is significant for its association during the late ninteenth century with the...More
Ladson Presbyterian Church
- 1720 Sumter Street
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone: (803) 765-9192
- Region: Columbia City Center
One of the oldest black congregations in Columbia, Ladson Presbyterian Church organized as a separate but affiliated congregation of First Presbyterian Church in 1838. In 1895, a tragic fire destroyed...More
Mann-Simons Site
- 1403 Richland Street
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone: (803) 252-1770
- Region: Columbia City Center
Probably built originally as a one-room house on the corner of Marion and Richland streets about 1825 or 1830, the Mann-Simons Cottage evolved over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to...More
Midlands Technical College - Harbison Campus
- 7300 College Street
- Irmo, SC 29063
- Phone: (803) 738-8324
- Region: Lexington County
Began as Ferguson Academy in 1866 in Abbeville and was later renamed for Samuel P Harbison and moved to Columbia in 1910 following a disastrous fire on the Abbeville campus. Remained in operation...More
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House
- 2025 Marion Street
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone: (803) 252-1770
- Region: Columbia City Center
The second home of the social activist and community leader who died at the age of 92. She was a founding member and secretary for the South Carolina Conference of NAACP chapters and an unflinching...More
Historic Waverly Neighborhood: Self Guided Walking Tour
- Roughly bounded by Hampton, Heidt,
- Gervais and Harden Streets
- Columbia, SC 29201
- Region: Columbia City Center
Columbia's first suburb, Waverly, evolved into a community of black artisans, professionals and social reformers. Many of the residents made important contributions to Columbia and across the state....More
