Here’s another old industrial-looking building somewhere in South Carolina. What is it? Where is it? Send us your guess of what this photo shows – as well as your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s mystery photo, “Identify this old building,” got a lot of interesting guesses, including several people who thought it looked like the old state prison in Columbia. But the photo was, in fact, Graniteville Mill in Aiken County.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, explained: “Graniteville Mill was one of the largest mills in the South during the antebellum period. According to a historical marker at the site, the mill “ was chartered in 1845 and opened in 1847. It was founded by William Gregg (1800 – 1867), a Virginia native and advocate of industrial development who chose this site for its proximity to waterpower, granite deposits and the S.C. Railroad. The company provided housing, a school, a store, and land for churches, creating a model mill village.”
“The original mill, canal, school house and a number of original Gothic Revival houses still exist and form the core of a National Historic Landmark community that became widespread throughout the Piedmont South during the late 19th century.”
Others who correctly identified the old mill were: Chris Smith of Wellford; Charley Hutchins and Jacie Godfrey, both of Florence; Parker Sessoms of Summerville; Melinda Smith of Oregon; Jay Altman and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Pat Keadle of Wagener; Don Clark of Hartsville; and Candace Chisholm.
>> 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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Looks like a old mill is it in Spartanburg sc this form Sharon Robinson
Cotton mill
Round O SC
Cotton Mill.eastover SC