Mann-Simons Cottage is a historic home located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built around 1850, and is a 1+12-story, cottage style frame house on a raised basement. The front façade features a porch supported by four Tuscan order columns. It was the antebellum home of a substantial free black Columbia family.[2][3]

Mann-Simons Cottage
Mann-Simons Cottage, September 2012
Mann-Simons Cottage is located in South Carolina
Mann-Simons Cottage
Mann-Simons Cottage is located in the United States
Mann-Simons Cottage
Location1403 Richland St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates34°0′42″N 81°2′4″W / 34.01167°N 81.03444°W / 34.01167; -81.03444
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1875 (1875)
Architectural styleColumbia Cottage
NRHP reference No.73001726[1]
Added to NRHPApril 23, 1973
Mann-Simmons Cottage in Columbia, SC

The house now serves as a museum, with tours offered six days a week.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Bernard V. Kearse (March 1973). "Mann-Simons Cottage" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. ^ "Mann-Simons Cottage, Richland County (1403 Richland St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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