Here’s another white building in South Carolina to identify. Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “White building,” showed a photo of the Laurens County Courthouse.
Congratulations to readers who identified it: Steve Willis of Lancaster; Kevin Mertens of Greenville; Jacie Godfrey and Barry Wingard, both of Florence; Bill Segars of Hartsville; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Elizabeth Jones and Jay Altman, both of Columbia; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; and Frank Bouknight of Summerville.
Segars shared that the photo was “of the 1838 Laurens County Courthouse. The original Greek Revival building was designed by Thomas C. Veal and built by Dr. John Wells Simpson. A 1911 addition was designed by Anthony Ten Eyck Brown, Luther D. Proffitt and Martin Luther Hampton.”
Peel added, “The Confederate statue that is visible in the mystery photo was erected “In Memory of The Boys in Gray” in 1910 by the Citizens of Laurens County and the Joseph Brevard Kershaw Chapter, U.D.C. Some additional historical information, background, and historic photos of this site can be viewed here.”
Lupo shared that the Library of Congress includes this photo (1890-1910) of a crowd in front of the courthouse.
- 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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