This week’s mystery shows an old white church. Where is it? Bonus points if you can tell us something about the church. Send your guess – and your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s photo, “Classical building,” showed an old post office in Florence that has turned into the Hugh and Jean Leatherman Education Complex at Francis Marion University.
Longtime sleuth Jay Altman of Columbia tells us the old post office, first built around 1905, has “served many purposes while open. The first floor served as the post office, the second floor contained the Federal Court and other offices, and the third floor housed other federal offices. The old Post Office and Federal Court moved to a new Federal Building and Post Office in 1975. In 2017, Francis Marion University purchased the Old Post Office and began renovations for use in the FMU School of Health Sciences, with plans for classrooms, laboratories, and offices.”
Congratulations to all who identified the photo, sent in by Barry Wingard of Florence: Don Clark and Bill Segars, both of Hartsville; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Pam Little-McDaniel and Jacie Godfrey, both of Florence; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; David Taylor of Darlington; Will Bradley of Las Vegas, Nevada; Scott Brown of San Francisco, Calif.; 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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