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Child's piano (wooden); made by "Schoenhut"; 15 keys strike xylophone type board; painted black with cast iron front legs (left leg is loose). Blue/green floral design on front underneath "Schoenhut" branding. "TRADE\MARK" written within a circle containing an image of a court jester playing a horn above an "S" and keyboard sym ...
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Location
1403 Richland StreetColumbia, South Carolina 29201
Hours
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-4pm (last tour at 3pm)
Sunday: 1pm-5pm (last tour at 4pm)
Closed on Mondays and major holidays
Fees
Adults: $6.00
Ages 65+, Active Duty Military, College Students: $5.00
Youth (6-17): $3.00
Ages 5 and under: Free
Historic Columbia Foundation members: Free
AAA adults: $5.00
AAA youths (6-17): $2.50
Mann-Simons Cottage
Although 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.
Celia Mann, a free African-American, owned the house before the Civil War, and her descendants controlled it for over a century. The Calvary Baptist Church, Columbia's first black church, held services in the basement before it found a permanent location. The property and its multiple buildings changed considerably over time to better accommodate the needs, tastes, and aspirations of this remarkable family.
The Mann-Simons Cottage is part of Historic Columbia Foundation.
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