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Historic district in South Carolina, United States

New Brookland Historic District

New Brookland Historic District is a national historic district located at West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina.

New Brookland Historic District
New Brookland Historic District · Wikimedia Commons
The place

New Brookland Historic District is a national historic district located at West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina. It encompasses 23 contributing buildings in the central business district and the "mill village" sections of West Columbia. It includes commercial, institutional, and residential buildings built between 1894 and 1916 as a planned residential community for the Columbia Duck Mill. Notable buildings include the Edward W. Shull Building, Thompson Funeral Home, Brookland Fire Station, Brookland Jail, and single and double tenant houses.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around New Brookland Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of South Carolina

    The University of South Carolina is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, it is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment.

    2.8 km · public university in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    South Carolina State House

    The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina, which includes the South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Located in the capital city of Columbia near the corner of Gervais and Assembly Streets, the building also housed the Supreme Court until 1971.

    2.2 km · State capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina - Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Colonial Life Arena

    The Colonial Life Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Columbia, South Carolina, primarily home to the University of South Carolina men's and women's basketball teams. Opened as a replacement for the Carolina Coliseum with the name Carolina Center in 2002, the 18,000-seat arena is also host to various events, including conferences, concerts, and graduation ceremonies.

    1.6 km · basketball arena at the University of South Carolina · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Williams-Brice Stadium

    Williams–Brice Stadium is a football stadium located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It serves primarily as the home of the South Carolina Gamecocks football team, but has also been the site of many concerts, state high school football championships, and various other events, including the annual Palmetto Capital City Classic between the Benedict Tigers and the South Carolina State Bulldogs until the last game in 2005.

    3.9 km · stadium in South Carolina · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Columbia Museum of Art

    The Columbia Museum of Art is an art museum in the American city of Columbia, South Carolina.

    2.2 km · art museum in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. Peter's Catholic Church

    The Basilica of St. Peter, also known as St.

    2.1 km · Roman catholic church in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

    The Modjeska Monteith Simkins House is a historic place of the civil rights movement. The house, which was owned by Modjeska Monteith Simkins, is located at 2025 Marion Street in Columbia, South Carolina.

    2.9 km · house in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Carolina Coliseum

    Carolina Coliseum is a 12,401-seat former multi-purpose arena in Columbia, South Carolina, built in 1968 by the University of South Carolina. The Coliseum was the largest arena in South Carolina at the time of its completion.

    2.1 km · arena in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Palmetto Building

    The Palmetto Building, built during 1912–1913, is an early skyscraper in Columbia, South Carolina. It was designed by architect Julius Harder, and Wilson and Sompayrac served as supervising architects.

    2.2 km · early skyscraper in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Melton Memorial Observatory

    Melton Memorial Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of South Carolina. It is named after William Davis Melton and built in 1928.

    2.7 km · astronomical observatory in South Carolina, United States · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to New Brookland Historic District

Airports
Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 136 km · Charleston (CHS), 154 km · Myrtle Beach (MYR), 199 km
Stations
Greyhound Bus Depot, 2.5 km
  • Charlotte → New Brookland Historic District
    402 km · quickest by air, 4h 18m · $160–230
  • Charleston → New Brookland Historic District
    379 km · quickest by road, 7h 23m · $41–55
  • Myrtle Beach → New Brookland Historic District
    450 km · quickest by air, 5h 56m · $150–220
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for New Brookland Historic District

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for New Brookland Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextCongaree National Park, South Carolina's only national park, is even closer, about 20 miles (32 km) to the south, and makes for a good day trip.

From Wikivoyage: Columbia (South Carolina), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,017 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,535 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,852 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    1,935 km
  5. 05
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,092 km

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