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Journey to Freedom Tour: Mann-Simons Site and Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

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Journey to Freedom Tour

  • Times & Tickets

    The Journey to Freedom Tour is available: 
    Wednesday – Saturday at 1:30 p.m. 
    Sunday – 3:00 p.m.

    Tickets may be purchased in advance online up until midnight the day prior to the tour, OR tickets may be purchased the day of the tour at the Robert Mills Gift Shop. All tours begin at the Robert Mills Gift Shop, 1616 Blanding Street; please plan to arrive 10 minutes before your scheduled tour time.

  • Location

    All tours begin at the Gift Shop at Robert Mills. 

    1616 Blanding Street
    Columbia, SC 29201

    Located on the Henderson Street side of the property.

    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.

  • 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 ext. 23

Journey to Freedom 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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About the

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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Columbia, SC 29201

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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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