The story behind this photo sent in by a South Carolina reader is extremely interesting. What is it, in a few words? Send us your guess of what this photo shows – as well as your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s “Rural home” photo got more guessers than we figured. Reader Barry Wingard of Florence sent in the photo, which shows the home of the late Ed Young, a Republican member of the U.S. House from the Pee Dee from 1972 to 1974. Several others identified it as the home of his father, Fred Young, a farmer who gained national repute.
“The home was built in 1877,” reader Jay Altman of Columbia wrote. “In 1925, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover inspected Fred Young’s farm following recognition of one of its Jersey cows as a world champion butter-fat producer.”
Congrats also to these readers who identified the home between Florence and Timmonsville: Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Nancy Trapp of Martinez, Ga.; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Will Bradley of Las Vegas, Nevada; David Taylor of Darlington; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Jacie Godfrey and Pam Little-McDaniel, both of Florence; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Brandi Willis of St. George; Pat Keadle of Wagener; Anna Newsome Murray of Holly Hill; Elizabeth Jones of Columbia; Scott Brown of San Jose, Calif.; and Penny Forrester of Tallahassee, Fla.
Thanks all!
>> 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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This is a replica of the Cleveland school that burned down in Camden, SC. Only some of the victims could be identified, the rest of the victims were buried in a mass grave. The last survivor died in 2012. She was 5 at the time of the incident.