Palmetto Compress 2013 Color 1 Wood Print

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The Palmetto Compress and Warehouse Company Building was a historic cotton bale compress facility and warehouse building located at Columbia, South Carolina. The first section of the four-story brick building was built in 1917. The building was doubled in size in 1923.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

The future of this building was in doubt as of October, 2012 when I made my first photographs of the structure. It's days as a textile warehouse were over and the owners were trying to sell the building and the land it stood on. Many developers wanted to tear the building down, but local efforts were made to save the building and she now houses college students rfom the nearby University of South Carolina.

This photograph is friom October, 2013.

South Carolina native, photographer, railroad aficionado, I am happy when there is a camera strapped around my neck and something interesting in my viewfinder. This is my work, and I am proud to share it with you. I like to shoot railroads and interesting buildings and skylines as well as people. I am a former award-winning TV News photographer with the most watched TV station in South Carolina who has also photographed (and wrote) for newspapers and magazines such as Trains and Railroad and Railfan. Message me any comments or questions you may have. I go by Joe.