The exotic image above is in South Carolina, but may not be where you expect it. Send your best 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 Jan. 3 image, “Mystery building” was a simple train depot sent in by reader David Taylor of Darlington. We didn’t realize how hard it would be to identify as many of them look alike and they are all over South Carolina. This one was in Ninety Six, S.C. Thanks David and thanks to all of you who submitted guesses from North Augusta to Moncks Corner to places in the Pee Dee.
Congratulations to those who correctly identified the depot in the historic small town: Matthew Brady of North Charleston; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Don Clark of Hartsville; Vic Carpenter of Lugoff; Jim Pfeiffer of Greenwood, Jay Altman of Columbia; and George Graf of Palmyra, Va.
Cromer shared that the depot was “built in 1852 by Southern Railway (now Norfolk Southern). It is one of the oldest buildings in the Town of Ninety-Six and was used until 1970 when the tracks were taken up. SInce then it has been used as an event venue and meeting place for the community.”
Lupo shared that the Old 96 District website provided more history: “In 1856, U.S. Sen. Preston Brooks held his re-election speeches there after resigning for striking U.S. Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts on the Senate floor with his cane. Over 10,000 people attended the re-election speeches, as well as The New York Times. The Depot has been preserved and currently still serves the community as a Community Center. It is listed on the National Registry of Historic Sites. Two State Historic Signs are located at the depot. The original desk and telegraph can been seen today at the 96 Visitor Center.”
- 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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