The Chesnut Cottage Inn Bed & Breakfast

The Chesnut Cottage (1850) is in the Historic district. It features five guest rooms with whirlpools, a garden with a fountain, swing, and lounge chairs. USC and Columbia's finest restaurants are blocks away. The Chesnut Cottage is Columbia's original Bed and Breakfast. It is a National Landmark property and on the South Carolina Register of historic homes. Famous guests include Jefferson Davis, General James Chesnut and his wife Mary Boykin Chesnut, and Custis Lee. The home was built circa 1850 and is located in the historic district of downtown Columbia.