Field Trip & Bus Tour to Philip Simmons Home and Workshop. Spend a morning Philip Simmons downtown home, workshop and other sites featuring his famed iron art pieces! The late Mr. Simmons was born on Daniel Island in 1912 and later moved to downtown, where he honed his award-winning career as a Master Blacksmith.

1. Bus Tour to Philip Simmons Home
Field Trip & Bus Tour to Philip Simmons Home and Workshop. Spend a morning Philip
Simmons downtown home, workshop and other sites featuring his famed iron art pieces! The late
Mr. Simmons was born on Daniel Island in 1912 and later moved to downtown, where he honed
his award-winning career as a Master Blacksmith.
February 22 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
| $20 per person
His treasured gates and ironwork pieces adorn many a home and garden throughout the area. His
work is also on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. We will have an
opportunity to tour his home, which is now a museum house and gift shop, as well as his
workshop, where his apprentices – nephew, Carlton Simmons, and cousin, Joseph “Ronnie”
Pringle – are continuing to practice the art that Simmons taught them. In addition, we will enjoy
other sites featuring his works in the downtown area.
This will be an RSVP event and a limited number of spaces will be available. The fee to attend is
$20. Absolutely Charleston will provide roundtrip transportation services from Daniel Island and
Lee Ann Bain, a licensed Charleston tour guide (www.charlestonhistoryblog.com), will offer
insights on Simmons life throughout the program. Registration for DIHS members opens
February 1. Non-members may register beginning February 10.
To register, please send an email to Lee Ann Bain at vicepresident@dihistoricalsociety.com. She
will provide details about the program to you, and once payment is received your spot will be
confirmed. For additional information, please contact Lee Ann Bain at
vicepresident@dihistoricalsociety.com.