Midtown - Downtown in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Robert Mills Historic House and Park
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 17, 2026
1. The Robert Mills Historic House and Park Marker
Historic House and Park
established 1967 by the
Historic Columbia Foundation
and the
Richland County Historic
Preservation Commission
through the generosity of its
Patrons and Founders
Patrons
Anchor Continental Mrs. Delano Andrews Mallard R. and Jessie Rideoutte Bagnal Bankers Trust of South Carolina Flora McIver Barringer Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Scott Barringer Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Scott Barringer, Jr. Belk Department Store Mr. and Mrs. Hagood Bostick The R. L. Bryan Company The Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina City of Columbia Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Co. The Columbia Committee on the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina Columbia Garden Club Columbia Lumber and Manufacture Co. The Commercial Bank and Trust Company of South Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Haselden Cooper Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin Dreher Mrs. Robert B. Durham J. Drake and May Youmans Edens Mr. and Mrs. John E. Edens Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Fair Georgia Maude Fairey
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Guignard Brick Works Jane Bruce Guignard, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Gonzales Hampton Mrs. Hubbard Harris Mr. and Mrs. John Graham Heller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beverly Herbert Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Hoefer Home Federal Savings and Loan Assciation of Columbia The Junior League of Columbia, Inc. Erin Spence Kohn MRs. John C. Lott Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle, and Wolff Architects, Engineers, Planners McGrory Construction Company McKesson and Robbins Drug Company Mr. and Mrs. Thomas English McCutchen Mrs. W. Bedford Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Murray, Jr. The Palmetto Garden Club of South Carolina Palmetto Quarries The Richardson Foundation Richland County Mr. and Mrs. David Wallace Robinson Wilbur Smith Foundation South Carolina Chapter The American Institute of Architects South Carolina
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 17, 2026
2. The Robert Mills Historic House and Park Marker
1962 - 1972
Founders
Albrusa Club of Columbia Mrs. Delano Andrews Mallard R. and Jessie Rideoutte Bagnal Bankers Trust of South Carolina Flora McIver Barringer Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Scott Barringer Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Scott Barringer, Jr. Belk Department Store Col. And Mrs. Irvine Furman Belser Mary Elizabeth Wilson Belser Memorial Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Blalock Mr. and Mrs. R. Trippett Boineau Mr. and Mrs. Hagood Bostick Mr. and Mrs. William G. Boyd III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Belton Boyle Bradley, Graham & Hamey Advertising Agency, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Bristow The R.L. Bryan Company Dr. and Mrs. E. Gaither Bumgardner Margaret Anne Callaham Bumgardner Memorial Dr. George Henry Bunch, Sr., Memorial H. Robert Burg Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Olin
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 17, 2026
3. The Robert Mills Historic House and Park Marker
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 17, 2026
4. The Robert Mills Historic House and Park Marker
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Feagle Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mcc.Figg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Finley First National Bank of South Carolina Mrs. Betty Bean Flinsch Mr. and Mrs. Harold Flinsch, Jr. Dr. Ralph Kelsey and Kate McSween Foster Claude Burckmyer Free Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford Oakman Free Margaret S. Gadsden Garden Club of South Carolina Alexander Mason Gibbes Alexander Mason Gibbes Memorial Mrs. Caroline Leconte Gibbes Mr. and Mrs. Louis Leconte Gibbes Gibbes Machinery Company Mrs. Sarah Davies Gibbes Wade Hampton Gibbes, Jr., Memorial Mrs. Lucie Ellerbe Godbold Memorial James Furman Goggans Memorial Ambrose E. Gonzaels Memorial Miss Wil Lou Gray Clinton Tompkins Graydon Memorial John Grimball Guignard Brick Works Caroline and Susan Richardson Guignard Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Gadsden Guignard Memorial Jane Bruce Guignard, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Richardson Guignard, Jr. W.E. Guimarin and Company Thomas E. Hair Dr. and Mrs. Thoams Eugene Hair, Jr. Ainsley Hall Memorial Andrew Lyman Hall Memorial Mrs. Sarah Cook Goodwyn Hall Memorial Haltiwanger's Mr. and Mrs. Ames Haltiwanger Miss Laura Haltiwanger James H. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Harry R.E. Hampton Hancock Buick Company G. Thomas Harmon, III and William J. Keenan, III, Architects Mrs. Hubbard H. Harris Dr. and Mrs. George Childs Hart Joseph E. Hart Memorial Orlander Whitley Hartness Memorial Mrs. Joseph C. Hartwell Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wheeler Haselden M. Chappelle and Elizabeth Tennet Heaty Memorial Mr. and Mrs. John Graham Heller Joune R. Henderson Julian and Helen Kohn Henning Memorial Robert Beverley Herbert Miss Mary Barksdale Heyward Frederick A. and Sophie S. Hoffer Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Hoefer Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbia Theodore Jervey Hopkins, M.D., Memorial J.W. Hunt and Company James Edwin Hunter, Jr., Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jefferies, Jr. Ruben C. and Alice R. Johnson Lola E. Johnston Memorial Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Jones Dr. Allen Izard Josey
The Junior League of Columbia, Inc. Elmira de Graffenried Keenan Memorial Erin Spence Kohn Lafaye, Fair, Lafaye and Associates Dr. and Mrs. M. Tucker Lafayette, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Langley Mrs. Caroline Adams Le Conte Memorial Miss Evelyn Le Conte Memorial Louis Le Conte Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Burke Mayor Lemmond Memorial Mr. and Mrs. F.V. Levantis, Jr. Judge and Mrs. Harry M. Lightsey Dr. and Mrs. Guy Fleming Lipscomb Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fleming Lipscomb Lee Alexander Lorick Memorial Mrs. and Mrs. George Duncan Lott Mrs. John C. Lott Mary Lowe, Inc. Alva Icore and Mary Sumter Lumpkin Memorial Lyles, Mbissett, Carlisle S. Wolff Architects, Engineers, Planners McCrory Construction Company Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Mc Crory Dr. and Mrs. George Thomas Mc Cutchen Mr. and Mrs. Thoams English Mc Cutchen, Jr. Mc Kesson S. Robbins Drug Company, Columbia Division Colonel and Mrs. Fitz William Mc Master Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Buchanan Mc Master The W. Eugene Mc Nulty Memorial The Reverend Doctor and Mrs. William Marcellus Mc Pheeters Memorial Nellie Watson Madden Memorial The Market and Varsity Restaurants Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Martin Mr. and Mrs. George Glenn Mattehws, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Orlando Benedict Mayes III Dr. and Mrs. Pinkney Venning Mikel Memorial Dr. Elbert Marston Moffatt Memorial Austin T. Moore, M.D. Mrs. Margaret Le Conte Moore Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson Moore Memorial Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson Moore W. Bedford Moore, Jr. Moung Vernon Life Insurance Company The Reverend Hugh Roderick Murchison, D.D. Memorial James Bryson Murphy Memorial Mr. and Mrs. William J. Murray, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William Jacob Murray Memorial The New South Life Insurance Company Noland Company Dr. Robert D. Ochs Mr. and Mrs. William Micahel Otis Memorial Mrs. H.F. Owens The Palmetto Garden Club of South Carolina Palmetto Quarries Palmetto State Life Insurance Company The Charles W.Parker Family Mrs. Paula Miller Patrick William Leonard Perry Memorial Pet Dairy Division, Pet, Inc. Bishop Henry D. and Ella Reese Phillips Dr. and Mrs. Dargan Strouher Pope Memorial John Julius Pringle, Jr. Memorial Mr. and Mrs. John Julius Pringle, Jr. Mrs. Margaret Gibbles Pringle
Pulliam Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mayo Reed, Jr. Robert Vaux Read Ida Salley Reamer Memorial The Rembert Company, Inc. The Charles Reynolds Memorial Mrs. S.C. Rhame George Milton Rhodes Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Marion Rich Memorial Alfred Aldrick Richardson Memorial The Richardson Foundation Richland County Richland County Hstorical Society Mrs. C. Anderson Riley Roberts, Jennings and Thomas Attorneys at Law Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wale Robertson Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. David Wallace Robinson David Wallace Robinson, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Gibbes Johnson Memorial Thoams Hugh Robinson Memorial Toddey Packing Company Rose-Talbert Paint Company Rotary Club of Columbia J. Rubin & Son Company Thomas Kinkaid Rupp Memorial Governor and Mrs. Donald S. Russell Dr. Alfred Scarborough, Jr., Memorial Security Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbia The Seibels Family Mr. and Mrs. G. Richard Shapto Mr. and Mrs. Arthur St. Julian Simons Dr. and Mrs. George W. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John G.B. Smith Wilbur S. Smith Family Wilbur Smith Foundation, Inc. South Carolina Chapter, The American Institute of Architects South Carolina Electric & Gas Company The South Carolina Society, Colonial Dames XVII Century Southern Bell Telephone Company Standard Savings and Loan Association The State-Record Company Sylvan Brothers Jewelers The James L. Taff Company Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Taylor George Coffin and Ellen Elmore Taylor Taylor Street Pharmacy Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. Theus The John C. Thomas Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Jim Van Metre Walker Plumbing & Heating Company Kate H. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson Wells Eugenia Chills Westmoreland Memorial The Weston and Brooker Company White's Department Stores Mrs. Henry Wiesepape Charles Coker Wilson Memorial Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Winter, Jr. Lisbeth Wolfe, Inc. J. Henry Woodward, Jr., Memorial Edward J. Wright Memorial Dr. George Henry Yerbst Memorial
Erected by Historic Columbia Foundation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1967.
Location. 34° 0.561′ N, 81° 1.765′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Midtown - Downtown. It can be reached from Blanding Street east of Pickens Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1616 Blanding St, Columbia SC 29201, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Midlands. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A Logical Design (a few steps from this marker); Balancing Old and New (within shouting distance of this marker); Grounded in History (within shouting distance of this marker); A Masterful Design (within shouting distance of this marker); An Evolving Landscape (within shouting distance of this marker); Hallowed Ground (within shouting distance of this marker); Worth Preserving (within shouting distance of this marker); Hampton-Preston Mansion, 1965 / Chicora College Students, ca. 1910 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 47 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 26, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
