Here’s a mural somewhere in South Carolina. Not only would we like you to tell us where it is, but if possible, add why it might have been in the news at one point. Send your guess – and your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
ast week’s image of “Open for business,” should have been pretty easy to anyone who has spent a little time at Edisto Island. It shows an old store that includes the Old Post Office Restaurant, known far and wide for its delectable seafood. The picture, however, once was Bailey’s Store, which mystery photo enthusiast Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, tells us is now a popular hair salon called O-Hair by Lisa. (The restaurant is next door).
“The building is one of the last nineteenth century commercial structures on Edisto Island. According to Wikipedia, ‘Bailey’s Store was likely built earlier than 1825 on Edingsville Beach, a popular seaside resort, before it was moved to its present location about 1870 following the abandonment of Edingsville Beach. Because all of the remaining structures at Edingsville Beach were swept into the Atlantic Ocean in the hurricane of 1893, Bailey’s Store is the only survivor of that community. The building was moved in two parts to Store Creek. It was reassembled there for use as a gin house already on that location. The building was listed in the National Register November 28, 1986.’”
Hats off to these photo sleuths who correctly identified the photo as the restaurant or store, including Jay Altman, Rallie Seigler Vicki Ringer and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Tray Hunter of Hardeeville; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Katharine Beard of Camden; Pat Keadle of Wagener; and Bill Segars of Hartsville.
>> 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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