Here’s yet another old building. What is it? Where is it and is it still around?Send us your guess – as well as your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s photo, “Another old building,” showed the main office of the former Union-Buffalo Mill Company in Union County. Photo via the Library of Congress.
Sleuth Allan Peel shares “the Buffalo Mill was a cotton mill built between 1901 and 1902. It was one of six mills that were constructed across Union County at the turn of the 20th century. It became the town’s main source of income and employed over 900 workers during its peak production years and prior to its decommissioning in the 1930’s depression era.
“The town of Buffalo was named after near-by Buffalo Lick Springs, which according to local legend, attracted herds of buffalos that roamed the region during the S.C. colonial era of the mid-17th century. The buffalo would seek out ‘mineral-lick’ (aka salt-lick) from the mineral-rich rocks that were in the area.”
Others who correctly identified the old mill building were George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Jay Altman and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia; Bill Segars of Hartsville; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; and Pat Keadle of Wagener.
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