German prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from September 1943 to the spring of 1946. One of 21 such camps in South Carolina, it was a sub-camp of Fort Jackson in Columbia. The first 250 prisoners held there had been captured in North Africa, and later arrivals had been captured in Italy and France. The camp averaged about 250 prisoners at any time. Prisoners of war lived in tents with wooden floors or in wooden barracks. The Hampton Armory across Hoover Street served as headquarters for the U.S. Army officers in charge. Prisoners worked 8-10 hours a day harvesting peanuts, cutting pulpwood or lumber, or working at the Plywoods-Plastics Corporation. They were paid 25 to 80 cents a day in scrip, which they spent at the camp store. When not working, prisoners often tended small flower or vegetable gardens or put on Sunday concerts.