A reader sent in this photo (right) of an interesting piece of sculpture that’s located somewhere in South Carolina. What is it and where is it? Send us your guess – as well as your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s photo – “Distinctive building”at left – showed the restored, historic train station in Blackville. It was sent in by reader Randy Herald of Lexington. He told us more: “The stationmaster was located at the corner of the building because there were supposedly E-W and N-S rail lines crossing there, one being the old Charleston to Hamburg line, once the longest train track in the world. From his perch he could observe both lines at the same time. The depot was relocated after the train lines left and is now the Blackville library.”
Spotter Jay Altman of Columbia shared that the depot, built in the early 1900s, was restored in 2005. It’s now a public library. Others who correctly identified it were: Penny Forrester of Tallahassee, Fla.; Karen Ingram and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Jacie Godfrey of Florence, S.C.; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Pat Keadle of Wagener; Bill Segars of Hartsville; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; and three others who didn’t identify themselves.
>> 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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