Seen this happy bronze before? Who is it and where? Send your best 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 April 10 image, “Classic white building,” shows the old courthouse in the hometown of cartoonist Robert Ariail, who was among the first to identify the classic Camden building by architect Robert Mills. Congratulations to other sleuths, who were less geographically privileged: Barry Wingard, Jane Hart Lewis and Jacie Godfrey, all of Florence; Jay Altman, Pete Poore, Peter Dworjanyn and Elizabeth Jones, all of Columbia; Bob Giangiorgi; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Henry Eldridge of Tega Cay; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; Bill Segars and Don Clark, both of Hartsville; Katherine Beard of Camden; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Lawrence Moore of Folly Beach; and Vic Carpenter of Lugoff.
Altman shared, “Different sources state it was completed in 1826 or 1827. The original Mills design had six Ionic columns. The 1847 renovation replaced the six Ionic columns with four Doric columns, and added a second story balcony and a central staircase. The courthouse was closed in 1906. During the 1930’s the Works Progress Administration restored the building. The courthouse currently houses the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce and the Camden – Kershaw County Visitors Center.”
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