This might be a pretty tough mystery to all but the best photo sleuths. So where is it? Hint: In South Carolina. Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Dec. 7 mystery, “Cool and modern, but where,” was not too tough for people who live in or spent time in Columbia. It was an image of the award-winning Richland County Library near the Statehouse in downtown Columbia. What a cool building.
Hats off to everyone who correctly guessed, including some first-time guessers. It was the most correct guesses ever (18): Dale Rhodes of Richmond, Va.; Jay Altman, Mike LeFever, Karen Owens, Ken May, Robert Feinstein, Daniel Brennan and Elizabeth Jones, all of Columbia; Wyman Oxner of Orangeburg; Matthew Brady of North Charleston; Joe Whetstone and Philip Cromer, both of Beaufort; Wayne Beam of North Myrtle Beach; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Shelby N. Patterson of Montgomery, Ala., Barry Wingard of Florence; Don Clark of Hartsville; and Herb Hartsook of West Columbia.
Patterson remembers the library well: “I spent many Saturday and Sunday hours there when studying for my high school and college courses. I thought it was so cool to hangout downtown in the library as a teen-ager. I enjoyed my experiences there and felt like I had the whole world at my fingertips. Great memories!”
Graf shared some context: “According to wikiwand.com, costing $11.6 million, the four story, 242,000 square feet (22,500 m2) Main Library, designed by architect Eugene Aubry, was the chief reason for the bond issue. Aside from the striking exterior, the Children’s Room, which is located in the building’s basement, has a mural of characters from Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. This is the only place in the world where Sendak approved such use of his work.”
- 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.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina!
I was disappointed to see that our Legislature isn’t going to make protection of our coast one of their top priorities. With seismic testing already ready to start, but for the lawsuit filed by the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP), we have no time to waste in fighting this project already permitted by the Federal government, thanks to the current “guy” in the White House!
Margaret D. Fabri, Esq.