The rounded part of this building caught our eye. It’s in South Carolina, but where? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Dec. 21 mystery, “A Lowcountry building decked out for the holidays,” was a gift from longtime sleuth Bill Segars of Hartsville. He sent us a picture of the Fishers of Men Total Man Deliverance Ministry church in downtown Walterboro. Built in 1897 as the First Baptist Church, it later became St. John’s Independent Methodist Church before becoming home to its current congregation.
Bill’s mystery was pretty tough for our readers, but not for two determined photo detectives: George Graf of Palmyra, Va., and Jay Altman of Columbia. Great job, guys!
Graf sent some more information: “According to scpictureproject.org: This charming Queen Anne-style church in Walterboro was built around the turn of the twentieth century for the First Baptist Church of Walterboro. The church used this building until 1954. When the congregation built a new church in the mid-century, this sanctuary became the home of St. John’s Independent Methodist Church. Today the Fishers of Men Ministry, a Pentecostal congregation, occupies the historical cruciform church.”
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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