Here’s an interesting wall. Where is it? Can you tell us anything interesting about it? Send us your guess of what this photo shows – as well as your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s “What’s the story behind this photo?” got a lot of great guesses. But the photo, sent in by Bill Segars of Hartsville, shows a model of a school in Kershaw County that burned down 100 years ago, killing 77 children and adults.
“That is the model of the Cleveland School building that burned May 17, 1923,” said new sleuth Lisa Freeman of Camden. “It was the deadliest fire in South Carolina history. It changed the fire codes.”
Wesley Brewer, a former Camden resident who lives in Goose Creek, added, “It burned on the last day of school as the community was watching a play when an oil lamp fell to stage and people panicked. Almost everyone in the community lost loved ones.”
Others who correctly identified the model were: Heather Hudson of North Charleston; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Cathy Polk of Cassett; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Jay Altman and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia; Michael Webb of Hartsville; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Jane Scott of Camden; as well as Lewis Smith and Ashley Welborn, both of whom didn’t provide a hometown.
>> 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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Shepard Fairey Charleston
This is a mural at Shepard Fairey in Charleston. You can find murals all over Charleston. I think it’s some kind of beautification project.