Jones, McElwain and Company Iron Foundry, is a historic site in Holly Springs, Mississippi, US.
[3] The railings the business produced can be seen at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs as well as in New Orleans, Louisiana.
[3] In 1861, at the outset of the American Civil War which lasted until 1865, Wallace S. McElwain turned the foundry into an armory for the Confederate States Army.
The equipment was moved to Macon, Georgia and the weapons on hand were sent to Grenada, Mississippi.
[3] However, on December 20, 1862, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn burned down the site.