Guignard Brick Works Ruins in Columbia
Photos and article by FastFred Ruddock
Only four round and massive brick kilns remain
of the former Guignard Brick Works located on the west side
of the Blossom Street Bridge in Cayce. The plant produced
bricks for the better part of 200 years when it was closed
in 1974. Many textile mills such as Olympia, Granby, Richland
and Capital City were built with bricks made here on the
banks of the Congeree River. Guignard Brick Works Ruins
became listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1995. Three of the four remaining klins date cica 1900
while a fourth was built in 1932 to replace one destoried
by a fire. This is an interesting place to visit although
old faded signs state the area is posted.