A reader sent in this mystery photo of a whole bunch of Spanish moss hanging from live oak trees along a dusty avenue. Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “Might be tough,” was a photo sent in by George Graf of Palmyra, Va., that showed the Garvin-Garvey freedman cottage in Bluffton. Congrats to those who identified it correctly: Tray Hunter of Bluffton; Elizabeth Jones of Columbia; Haidee Stith of Lexington; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas.
Jones added, “The Garvin-Garvey House stands today as a local history museum in Bluffton. Cyrus Garvin, a former slave and later a freeman, built his home of hand-hewn timbers and other local materials in or around 1870. It remained in the Garvin family until 1961, when the Beaufort County Land Trust acquired the house and property. Restoration of the house was completed in 2017. It stands today as a great example of late 19th century Carolina Lowcountry architecture.:
Send us a mystery. 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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