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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1979
Page
5
The article highlights three Columbia sites Robert Mills House Hampton Preston Mansion and Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home open Saturdays from 10 to 4 and Sundays 2 to 5 with guided tours. Admission ranges from 75 cents to 1.50 and a combined ticket is 2.50.
The Hampton Preston house built in 1820 by Ainsley Hall spots the Hampton family tale from Mary Cantey to Wade Hampton III. The mansion served as Sherman’s HQ, faced burning, and was saved by the Ariline Sisters of Columbia who used it as a convent then a college, boarding house, and finally a state restored site opened in 1968. Tours reveal family crests and pieces like a silver egg holder, with upstairs exhibits including a Thackeray tea service gift.
The Robert Mills House on Blanding Street, never lived in as a home, was built under architect Robert Mills and later became a museum. Purchased by Historic Columbia Foundation in 1963, it preserves early American Classical design with period furnishings. January the horse stands in the upstairs playroom as part of a thorough restoration.
The Christened 1872 Tuscan Villa on Hampton Street Col umbia offers a downstairs tour of the boyhood house built by Woodrow Wilsons parents. Guides share details from Mrs Wilsons arched hall to garden door origins and Seminary student visits. A half hour tour with a tidy yard awaits.
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