The Hampton–Preston House located at 1615 Blanding Street in Columbia, South Carolina, is a historic mansion that was the home of members of the prominent Hampton family.
[4] During the latter part of the American Civil War, the house was used as the headquarters of Union Maj. Gen. John A. Logan during the occupation of Columbia.
[5] The house is of a post-Colonial, Classical Revival style, having a broad veranda across the front with Doric columns and a fanlight above.
The gardens covered a city block and were known throughout the state, but they have been plowed under and felled, eventually becoming a parking lot.
[3] The Hampton–Preston House was restored and reopened to the public in 1970 as a museum that epitomizes the lives of the planter elite in antebellum South Carolina, and is operated by the Historic Columbia Foundation.