Chesnut Cottage Bed & Breakfast

08/30/2026

Hey there, Dahlia!
Every floral arrangement in our suites is specially prepared for each arrival. Incoming Guest B will never be greeted with the same arrangement as Guest A was.

08/28/2026

08/27/2026

Chesnut Fam! Check it out! ❤️
From Guest to Filmmaker: How a Chesnut Cottage Stay Became Our First Documentary!

What if a single stop on a road trip became the most unforgettable ...

08/27/2026

Oh the places we go —
Grocery shopping!

#🍽️ Serving the freshest food means frequent stops at local grocery stores and select vendors.
At Chesnut Cottage Inn, we believe true hospitality starts before the first bite. Every morning, each dish is freshly prepared and timed for proper service.
Just one of the ways we honor the authentic, luxurious experience we promise our guests.

Taste the difference🌿

📍 Chesnut Cottage Inn | Columbia, SC

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08/24/2026

08/23/2026

**rs and at “1718” are now on Sundays! This is Part 2 of “Depths of Service: The Search & Rescue Diver’s Story.

These posts are about the very interesting people we meet here at the cottage, and their incredible stories! We discover the what, how, why, and where of it all - and more importantly, the fascinating people who make it all happen - and they’re here sitting at our breakfast table!

08/22/2026

Our little library is filled with some of the most compelling publications from our history, with a special focus on the Civil War. Today we’re sharing a few magazines gifted to us by Mrs. Sherwood Garrett, wife of the late Gale Garrett — founder and primary preserver of the Chesnut Cottage Inn. Chesnut Cottage Inn was the first B&B in Columbia, SC, opening its doors in 1987. It remains the only true Bed & Breakfast in Columbia, SC.

Due to the age of these magazines, they can be displayed but not perused.

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This The Saturday Evening Post January 28, 1905 issue — cover art by Guernsey Moore (Post’s chief cover artist at the time, pre-dating the Post’s more famous Rockwell era by decades). Five cents a copy, published by Curtis Publishing Co. in Philadelphia.

The cover announces the beginning of serialization of “A Diary from Dixie” — the Civil War diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of Confederate Brig. Gen. James Chesnut Jr. of South Carolina. Her diary offers vivid pictures of Southern social life during the war, the economic effects of blockaded ports, and the momentous events that unfolded in Charleston, Montgomery, and Richmond.  It’s considered one of the most important primary-source accounts of the Confederate homefront, later published as a book by D. Appleton & Co.

Chesnut Cottage Inn is named as such, being the wartime home of General James Chesnut and Mrs. Mary Boykin Chesnut

This is a special Centennial Edition published jointly by The State and The Columbia Record newspapers, dated February 16–17, 1965 — issued exactly 100 years to the day after the original event.  The cover commemorates the burning of Columbia, SC on the night of February 17, 1865, during General Sherman’s March through South Carolina at the close of the Civil War.

The history: On the morning of February 16, 1865, Sherman’s Union army of 58,000 stood ready to take the SC capital; when they resumed marching four days later, a third of the city lay in ashes.  Mayor Thomas Goodwyn surrendered the city at 10 a.m. on February 17, and Union troops marched in — that night, most of the business district and much of the residential area burned.  Who exactly started

08/22/2026

Oh, nothing. Just walking the property at night time …

08/20/2026

🔥Hot Poll! True confession time — Does daily housekeeping feel like pampering or an intrusion?

08/19/2026

•Commute: 0 minutes
•Corner office view: Porch style
•Coffee? Yes, please.
•Not having to sit through an all-day corporate meeting?….

Experience Chesnut Cottage Inn.