Richland County · Marker 40-13
Site of Palmetto Iron Works
in front of the South Carolina Governor's Mansion, 800 Richland St., Columbia
Front inscription
On the SW corner of this square was located the Palmetto Armory, later called Palmetto Iron Works, originally built for converting flint and steel muskets into percussion guns. Arms and munitions were manufactured here during the Confederate War, 1861-1865.