Here’s another white, wooden building to keep the theme going. Where is it? What is it? Send your name and hometown – along with your guess – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
The last mystery, “White, wooden building,” might have been hard for many (us included,) but not so for several veteran photo sleuths who knew it was Back Swamp School on Pocket Road in Florence County. Thanks to Barry Wingard of Florence for the photo.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. told us that a schoolhouse was first built in 1843 by Blooming Grove Plantation planter Robert Rogers for his children. “The school was known as Ney School in honor of its teacher, Peter Stuart Ney. By 1870, the schoolhouse had been moved to a location on East Pocket Road. Back Swamp School was built in 1921 and had as many as 60 students amongst two teachers. The Ney School served as a detached library for Back Swamp School but has since been moved to a private residence. Back Swamp School closed in 1950 when its students transferred to Florence-area schools.”
Others who correctly identified the old school were: Elizabeth Jones and Jay Altman, both of Columbia; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; and Bill Segars of Hartsville.
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