GOVERNOR'S MANSION
From Knob Knowledge
The only building of the ARSENAL to escape Sherman's burning of Columbia was the officers' barracks. Today that building is used as the Governor's Mansion. It is located on Richmond Street between Lincoln and Gadsden Streets. "It is a simple Post-Colonial white stuccoed two-story building, with green paneled shutters." It was built in 1855. The Arsenal was the sister academy to The Citadel. It was also opened in 1842 and closed in 1865, but unlike The Citadel it never reopened. (Source: Ann D. Edwards and others, The Governor's Mansion of the Palmetto State, pp. 13-18. F269 .E3 1978) (HN)
