Lace House

Historical marker location:

803 Richland Street, Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Richland Street and Gadsden Street.)

Marker installed: 1969

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The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine that was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat, was built in South Carolina. The Hunley sank the Union ship USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor in 1864, but the submarine itself was lost at sea shortly after the attack.