Here’s a portrait of someone connected to South Carolina. Who is it? Where is it? Send your name, hometown and guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s mystery, “Another tiny building,” showed a wood-frame building in Allendale known as “Miss Arnold’s Schoolhouse.”
Sleuth Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, provided more detail: “It was built in 1875 by Dr. R. P. Searson (1842–1916) for Miss Augusta Selena “Annie” Arnold (1845 –1929), who served as a self-taught educator for more than 50-years in Allendale, SC.
“The historic schoolhouse is currently located at 609 Georgia Ave in Allendale. … The building served as a Miss Arnold’s Schoolhouse for 15-years until it was closed in 1890 after the Allendale Graded School was completed. The building was repurposed as a local bar, but later closed after Gov. Ben “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman (1847– 1918) signed a 1893 bill that banned the private sale of alcohol in South Carolina. After the bar closed, the building once again served as a local schoolhouse before it was permanently closed. It was eventually moved in 2006 to its current location and now serves as a historical exhibit to celebrate the life of Miss Arnold.”
Congrats to others who identified it: Jay Altman and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Pat Keadle of Perry; and David Lupo of Mount Pleasant.
- 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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