Les:

Professor Hollis wrote a two volume history of the University in the 1960's which is more or less the definitive work, and my recollection is that he covers the names of some of the hospitals. The "old" Farigrounds were located at the north end of Assembly Street, across what is now Elmwood Avenue, between what was then the Columbia and Charlotte Railroad and Main Street. I am talking off the top of my head, but the fires which destroyed so much of the city burned pretty much everything in the quadrant north and west of the State House (also much of what was north and east). One of the few buildings in that area which I know to be still standing is what was always called the "Confederate Mint," but was actually used by the Confederacy to print and hand sign paper currency, located at the corner of Gervais and Huger Streets, near the Congaree River. It was burned, I believe, but the walls stood, and it was used as a warehouse for many years. In the last 5-7 years Publix renovated the building and it is used for a upscale grocery.

The old Penententiary still stood until it was torn down in the past 10 years. St. Joseph's Catholic Church I think was spared in that quadrant, and the building which housed the old Arsenal Academy is now the Governor's Mansion.

I am going to poke around and see if I can't locate some material on the hospitals. Also I'm trying to recall the names of the buidlings around the Horseshoe.