1703 Taylor St
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 576-2350
1703 Taylor St
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 576-2350
Visit the Columbia Marriott hotel, located in the vibrant downtown Columbia area near the University of South Carolina. Our hotel offers some of the finest accommodations in Columbia, SC. To meet our guests’ needs, the Columbia Marriott hotel has remodeled guest rooms, the lobby, meeting space, and the restaurant and bar. Stay with us and you’ll enjoy generous amenities such as pillow-top mattresses, 42" flat panel televisions and wireless Internet access for plenty of entertainment. The 28,000 square feet of space makes our downtown hotel a favorite choice for businesses and social functions in Columbia, SC. Just minutes from popular destinations, including Columbia Museum of Art, Riverbanks Zoo, the state capitol, Colonial Life Arena and Williams Brice Stadium, our downtown hotel is close to popular attractions. Guests are also welcome to take advantage of our complimentary airport shuttle service and on-site fitness center. Reserve a room today.
Ideally situated in the heart of Columbia, The Capital City Club is located atop South Carolina's tallest building and serves as the perfect backdrop for conducting business through membership or hosting events.
Tapp’s Arts Center is Columbia’s community center for visual and performing arts located at 1644 Main Street. Tapp’s identifies that a thriving city is one rich in cultural activity. Our mission is to provide communal space, studios, and exhibition opportunities to strengthen artistic voices and enrich the lives of Columbia’s diverse communities. The center boasts 32 artist studios on two floors, two multi-use performance/event venues with room for up to 300 guests and dedicated gallery space accommodating painting, sculpture, installation and performance. Local artists are able to rent studios, gallery space and featured Tapp's original window displays to both create, show and sell their work. Free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm, visitors can stroll through the gallery, visit individual studios, see some of the region's newest work and get inspired! Join us every First Thursday of the month, from 6pm to 10pm, for a new exhibition and opening reception at one of the best events in the city, First Thursdays On Main. Visit our future events page to learn what's happening and meet us at Tapp's!
The Five Points Fountain is at the heart of Five Points, the Columbia, SC shopping & dining district adjacent to the University of South Carolina, Shandon, Olde Shandon, Waverly, and Wales Gardens. Annual events like Festivus, St. Pat's in Five Points, and the Five After Five Concert Series use the Five Points Fountain as a focal point, dying the fountain green for St. Patrick's Day and garnet when the USC Gamecock baseball team won the national championships. About the Five Points Association The Five Points Association, incorporated since 1983, is a non-profit organization whose principle task is ensuring that Five Points stays an integral and important part of the city of Columbia. The Association has accomplished and endured many major infrastructure, development and beautification projects over the years. Some of these projects include: the construction of two signature fountains, a monumental street-scaping project executed by the City of Columbia, a village-wide beautification project and the creation of a master plan, design guidelines and a new zoning overlay. In keeping with beautification, each year the organization retains an outside contractor to keep Five Points a beautiful and clean landmark within the city. Not only is the Five Points Association concerned with the aesthetics of Five Points, but also the merchants, the patrons, and the residents. On average, the Five Points Association boasts more than 100 members each year. Merchants in the area stay involved in the annual events and charity functions as well as contribute to an overall sense of unification and camaraderie. The Five Points Association hosts annual events that continue to grow with each year and entertain thousands of people within the city of Columbia as well as the state of South Carolina. From decades of St. Pat's in Five Points to Festivus to the Five After Five concerts, the calendar year is full of great opportunities for patrons to enjoy Columbia's favorite village.
Once the home of Sterling Garden Center, this group of three distinctive buildings (the Hall, the Manor House, and 300 Senate) and an outdoor Wedding Garden is located on a unique property where Senate Street meets the Congaree River. Nestled next to woods, a ravine and the river at the historic Gervais Street Bridge, you might forget you’re in the heart of downtown’s Vista. Our event venues offer the character of a natural environment with flexible space options, ample parking and proximity to hotels and other downtown benefits.
The South Carolina Governor's Mansion is a historic U.S. governor's mansion in the Arsenal Hill neighborhood of Columbia, South Carolina and the official residence of the Governor of South Carolina. It is a Federal style home influenced by British Colonial plantations. The building has a white stucco exterior and originally served as faculty quarters for the Arsenal Academy which together with the Citadel Academy in Charleston formed The South Carolina Military Academy . The Arsenal was burned along with the city of Columbia by Sherman's forces in February, 1865; the structure was the only surviving building and became South Carolina's executive mansion in 1868 On June 5, 1970, the building was registered with the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The mansion is located on a single city block, and is surrounded by magnolia plants, elm and oak trees, and various other plants. It is accessed by a circular driveway around a fountain in front on the residence's main entrance. Scott Bolser oversees maintenance of the historic grounds at the mansion. The building has a flat roof and a large central pavilion around the main entrance. The mansion has 15 rooms . It is located in Columbia Historic District I.
One of only five National Historic Landmarks within Columbia, the Robert Mills House exemplifies the skill of the first architect born and trained within the United States who designed some of the nation's most prominent buildings, including the Washington Monument. Today, the structure stands as a testament of its designer's architectural ability and the preservation efforts of generations of Columbians. In 1823, Englishman Ainsley Hall and his Lower Richland County wife Sarah, hired Robert Mills to plan this stylish Classical Revival townhouse, one of few private residences he ever designed. Ainsley Hall died before the house was finished leaving a contested estate due to an outdated will. Ultimately, Sarah sold the mansion to the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, which established a seminary there in 1831. Several influential pastors of the Presbyterian Church taught at the seminary including George Howe, Sr., who was instrumental in the institution’s founding, Dr. Joseph R. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's father, and Dr. James Woodrow, the future president's uncle, who held positions on the faculty. In 1927, the Columbia Theological Seminary moved to Decatur, Georgia, and the campus served the Westerveldt Academy and later the Columbia Bible College, until 1960. A major grassroots movement led to the founding of Historic Columbia Foundation, which saved the house from demolition in the early 1960s. After extensive restoration, the property opened in 1967 as an historic house museum.
Imagine Cocky prancing around a wedding reception or a dramatic Tarleton Blackwell diptych painting (12 feet by 9 feet) or a mile of molding ready to be made into frames for art at the new Adesso Building. That’s what one might find at City Art between Gervais and Lady on Lincoln Street in the Congaree Vista. Partners Wendyth Wells, Heather Noe and Randy Hanna have 75 combined years of experience as artists, entrepreneurs, framers, gallery consultants and art supply dealers. City Art is their home and a place where artists gather. In addition to a full-service framing department and the largest fine arts supply store in the state, the City Art building houses an award winning art gallery and rental space for wedding receptions, parties, and small trade shows. Gallery Director Wendyth Wells supervises three separate gallery spaces and consults on projects as small as a single painting for an individual home to large corporate accounts like the new Adesso building on Main and Blossom and the Vista Bank. The gallery areas provide a unique backdrop for all kinds of rental needs and include Hootie and the Blow Fish as guests. Yes, the framing department has worked on African tribal belts, buffalo hides, wedding dresses and even shot guns. And the most fun project? Framing designer Heather Noe says that’s an easy answer. “We designed a collage of memorabilia after soul singer James Brown was honored at Lincoln Center in Washington D.C.” Randy added, “We stretched and framed portraits of JFK and Bill Clinton to be used for the movie Nailed when it filmed here this spring. College students, professional artists and those who paint for therapy or fun feel like a ‘kid in a candy store’ as they roam the aisles and peruse the large inventory in the lower level art supply store. The newest component of the City Art family of services is Art Xpress – an on-line art supply service. Randy Hanna’s happiest day as the manager of this new service when he took an order for Charles Reid signature brushes from pop/jazz icon Tony Bennett.
The annual SC Oyster Festival is Columbia's largest outdoor oyster roast, this year w/10,000 lbs of fresh oysters! Park your camp chairs under a magnolia tree, and we'll take care of the brews, bands, bivalves & beautiful weather. Multiple oyster vendors will shuck up more than 10,000 pounds of fresh steamed and fried oysters on the grounds of Historic Columbia's largest mansions. It's one of Columbia's most popular festivals, with plenty of room to stretch out on the grassy lawns. Join us! Next festival is Sunday, November 23, 2014! Hampton-Preston Mansion, 1615 Blanding at Pickens $5 advance, $10 gate Children 12 & under free. (Ticket price does not include food and beverages) This family-friendly event features children's activities, live music, lots of food vendors, beer & wine. Other activities include arts and crafts vendors, inflatable amusement rides, and tours of the historic Robert Mills House. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and strollers. For more info, call 803.252.2128 or visit http://www.scoyster.com/! Brought to you by Liquid Assets, Inc.
Originally known as the House of Peace, today's Big Apple replaced an earlier house of worship destroyed by fire in 1915. After 21 years, the congregation outgrew its home and the building was sold in 1936. That same year the property became reincarnated as the Big Apple Night Club, where the dance craze that swept the nation during the summer of 1937 was born. Crafted by Columbia's African-American youth, the Big Apple dance eventually traveled to New York by way of white students from the University of South Carolina. The dance attracted the attention of famed dance instructor Arthur Murray and songwriter Tommy Dorsey who wrote "The Big Apple Swing." By 1938, however, the club had closed and the property was sold. Abandoned in 1979, the former club was moved three years later from its original location at 1138 Park to its current siting at the corner of Hampton and Park streets.
One of Columbia's oldest remaining historic houses, the Hampton-Preston Mansion was home to many people for 150 years. The city residence of Columbia's Hampton and Preston elite planter-class families, this historic site featured gardens nationally renowned for their size and variety of plantings. Ainsley Hall, a wealthy Columbia merchant, and his wife Sarah, lived here for five years after they had the house built in 1818. Several years after buying the property in 1823, its second owner, Wade Hampton I, updated the Federal style home to more reflect the Greek Revival style. Hampton's third wife, Mary Cantey, supervised the installation of elaborate gardens that came to surround the mansion during the 1830s through 1860s. Following Wade Hampton I's death in 1835, daughter Caroline and son-in-law John Preston further transformed the estate by doubling the house's size between 1848 and 1850. Established as a Union Army headquarters in February 1865, the property survived destruction thanks to the exploits of Sister Bapista Lynch, who implored Sherman to spare the home for use as a temporary convent. In financial ruin, the family sold the estate in 1873. Later, the estate accommodated several institutions including the College for Women (1890-1915), Chicora College (1915-1930), Westerveldt Academy (1931-1935), and Columbia Bible College [overflow housing] (1938-1946). In 1947, the gardens were bulldozed and the four-acre tract was subdivided for various commercial uses. Following a yearlong rehabilitation, the historic mansion opened in 1970 as the centerpiece of the Midlands Tricentennial Exposition Center.
Located in the Vista, Columbia SC, a center for specialty shops and restaurants, M Space provides a sophisticated space for your special event. Centered around Huger Street, Gervais Street and Lady Street, the venue offers a 3000 sq.ft. open floor plan with 2 conference rooms, a lounge area, a stage and conference seating. The wood, the marble, the Italian ceramic floor, the beautiful fabrics and the plants create a bright and elegant atmosphere. The space can accommodate 120 people standing and up to 60 seating. Our staff will help you create the best, effective and flawless event. They will help you set up, service and breakdown in a 5-hour shift. We offer catering from M Grille located next door, a new style restaurant from the Miyo’s family offering organic and natural ingredients cooked in more sensible and healthy methods. We can also provide catering from the Miyo’s menu and from M Fresh. We also offer the spectacular Sharp LED interactive display system to display and share information to your audience. Flat Rate (no catering or service provided by M Gourmet Group) Monday - Thursday Day: $500 (5 hours) Monday - Thursday Evening: $750 (5 hours) Friday/Saturday Day: $1000 (5 hours) Friday/Saturday Evening: $1250 (5 hours) Catered Lunch/Dinner Pricing We offer catering from next door at M Grille as well as a full service staff from our M Gourmet Group with our basic package starting off at $15 per person! A cash bar can be added to any event. 15 dollars per person 2 light appetizers 2 entree choices (chicken and beef) Soft Beverages (tea, coke, water) 20-25 per person 2 Light Appetizers 3 entree choices (chicken, beef, seafood) Light dessert option Soft Beverages 30-35 per person 3 Heavy h'ordeuvres 3 entree choices Dessert Beer and Wine allowance 35-40 per person 3 Heavy h'ordeuvres Sushi options 3 premium entree choices Dessert Beer and Wine allowance The price per person only includes the cost of the food, outside additional charges will be: 10% sales tax 20% gratuity 175.00 rental fee If interested in viewing the space or booking email Mario Guevara ([email protected]) or call M Grille to schedule a viewing!