Columbia, SC
Dad and I arrive in Columbia, the state capital of South Carolina, and are immediately rewarded by the excellent Columbia Museum of Art. After lunch at the bustling Di Prato’s, we take in some history at the South Carolina State Museum before snapping a few shots of the State Capitol Building.
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Columbia Museum of Art
Located amongst high-rises in downtown Columbia, the Columbia Museum of Art features an eclectic and engaging collection of paintings, sculptures, and other works of art.Dale Chihuly, Untitled, 2009-10
Giovanni di Marco dal Ponte, Virgin and Child Enthroned with the Archangel Michael, and Saints Lawrence, Stephen, and George, c. 1425-26
Sandro Botticelli, The Nativity, c. 1473-75
Charles Willson Peale, General George Washington, 1779-80
Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié, David Wainqueur (David the Vanquisher), 1872
Thomas Isaac Weston, Reverend Charles Jaggers, 1964
Harriet Whitney Frishmush, with Karl Illava, Diana (The Hunt), c. 1920
Kyra Markum, Square Dance, 1945
Raphael Soyer, Entering the Studio, c. 1935
Roy Lichtenstein, Untitled (Still Life with Lemon and Glass), 1974
FOREGROUND: Bob Trotman, Kaitlin and Martin, 2008. BACKGROUND: Andy Warhol, Mao, 1972
Lunch at Diprato's
We stopped for lunch at Di Prato's, a New York-style Italian deli with Southern specialties that was hopping on this Sunday.TURKEY REUBEN: Thinly sliced Black Forest smoked turkey breast, grilled on rye bread with honey mustard coleslaw, swiss cheese and 1000 Island dressing.
South Carolina State Museum
Just east of the banks of the Congaree River sits the South Carolina State Museum, with four floors of exhibits, a digital planetarium, a 4D interactive theater, and an observatory.South Carolina State House
On our way back to our downtown hotel, I hopped out of the car for a few minutes to get a few shots of the South Carolina State House, a Classical Revival style building. Construction began in 1855 but wasn't completed for 20 years due to the Civil War; work on the interior continued until 1907.Downtown Area
After a quick rest at the hotel, we set out from our downtown to hotel to the ballpark, passing by two historic buildings that sit right across the street from one another, the Hampton-Preston Mansion and the Robert Mills House.Hampton-Preston Mansion, a family residence built in 1818 by a wealthy Columbia merchant and later sold to former War of 1812 general and cotton planter, Wade Hampton I.
Robert Mills House, an 1820s neoclassical mansion by architect Robert Mills.