Here’s a neat building that looks kind of religious, but is it? What is it and where? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “Not the Citadel (again),” was a picture of the top of the old Charleston jail on Magazine Street.
Congratulations to several readers who correctly identified the mystery: Jacie Godfrey of Florence; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Will Bradley of Las Vegas, Nevada; Elizabeth Jones and Jay Altman, both of Columbia; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Penelope Forrester of Tallahassee, Fla.; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Thomas Jacobsen of Sitka, Alaska; and Bill Segars of Hartsville.
Lupo noted that through the years, the jail has been used to house lots of prisoners, “including highway robbers, pirates, and prisoners of war. During the 21st century, it was occupied by the American College of Building Arts until the college moved to its present location in 2016.”
Peel added, “Operating as a jail from 1802 until 1939, it housed Charleston’s most infamous criminals as well as federal prisoners of war during the Civil War. Tours of the Old Charleston Jail have been available since 2003, and it has become popular with tourists as well as on television. It has been featured in a variety of television shows including Travel Channel, Food Network, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Ghost Brothers and BuzzFeed Unsolved. For a more complete history of the Old Charleston Jail, visit the Ghost City Tours website here and learn all about the ghosts of the incarcerated souls that ultimately died in this prison.”
- 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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