Here’s a Greek Revival building to tickle your sleuthing abilities. Where is it? What is it? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “Three stories of brick,” is the Wilson House, which served as the jail for the York area in the early 1800s. George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who was one of several sleuths who identified the photo, shared, “This brick structure served as the York District’s jail for 23 years. The jail was built in 1828 by Thomas B. Hoover and is thought to have been designed by South Carolina’s most famous architect, Robert Mills. In or about 1851, the commissioners petitioned to sell the structure so a new facility could be built further from the town’s center. William A. Latta purchased the property in 1853 for the sum of $9,710 and gave it to his daughter, Annie Latta Wilson, for whom the house is now named.”
Others who identified the picture include Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Jacie Godfrey of Florence; Elizabeth Jones and Jay Altman, both of Columbia; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Bill Segars of Hartsville; and Pat Keadle of Wagener.
>> Send us a mystery picture. 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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