A loyal reader sent along this nighttime photo of a particular park somewhere in South Carolina. Ever seen it? (This one might be hard, hence the two clues in the opening sentence.) Send your best guess – plus your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”
Our previous Mystery Photo
The April 13 Mystery Photo was an old tobacco barn near Timmonsville, location of a similar barn that we’d published before.
Thanks to Charleston architect Steve Coe for sending the photo. Click here to see the photo he sent two years ago. Coe is concerned that these structures are tumbling down and crumbling every day and that we need to start archiving them photographically for posterity.
No one identified this place , probably because it is so rural. (A problem with our email could have caused the lack of identifications, too; that’s been fixed.)
But veteran sleuth George Graf of Palmyra, Va., sent along this amusing note:
“While continuing to discover your recent South Carolina mystery with the decaying wood structure, I ran across a tidbit of information that seemed to have a fake flavor about it. Supposedly underneath the Equitable Arcade Building at 1332 Main Street in Columbia is a basement that has been sealed off under lock and key. The lower basement houses abandoned nightclubs, bars and restaurants from the 1970s. Further, this historic building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 but only the top two floors were ever mentioned and nothing about the underground floor. Added info says that station WLTX was able to gain access and tour this place.
“In the day of fake news, I am skeptical of the existence of this place, but since you probably take trips to the Statehouse and have considerable influence, maybe you could gain access too, or just tell me this is a fake, or that it doesn’t interest you. Thought if does exist and you get photos, might make a good story and mystery photo.”
Any ideas about this mystery?
Send us a mystery: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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