Here’s something that once was in South Carolina, but no longer is. What is it? What’s its significance? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “Another old white building,” shows the Governor’s Mansion in Columbia.
Lots of people guessed correctly. Congratulations to: Chip Felkel of Greenville; Don Clark and Bill Segars of Hartsville; Will Williams of Aiken; Charles Lesser, Susan James Elizabeth Jones, John Hart, Jean Prothro, Dalton Tresvant and Karen Ingram, all of Columbia; Will Bradley of Las Vegas, Nevada; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Pat Keadle of Wagener; Jacie Godfrey and Barry Wingard, both of Florence; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Wayne Beam of Clemson; and Curtis Joyhner of Charleston.
Godfrey shared, “Built in 1855 as a residence for Arsenal Military Academy, [Union Gen. W.T.] Sherman’s troops spared it during their burning of the city at the end of the Civil War. It had been selected as the official Governor’s Mansion since 1868. Now it is the center of Governor’s Green, a complex of beautiful gardens and two houses, the Lace House and the Boylston House.”
- 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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