This image might seem familiar to many people at this time of the year. Where and what is it? Send your best guess – plus hometown and name – to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s mystery, “Three-story building” is the Ketchin Building, home to the Fairfield County Historical Museum in Winnsboro.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, provided a little more detail of the house, built in 1830: “(It was) converted … to the Winnsboro Female Institute, a school for girls that had remained active until it was closed during the Civil War. In 1874, Priscilla Ketchin purchased the property, and over time, local residents began referring to the structure as the “Ketchin Building,” a common practice for prominent townhouses and commercial buildings in 19th‑century South Carolina. After remaining in the Ketchin family for several decades, the property was deeded to Fairfield County in 1968. …. In March 1976, it was officially opened as the Fairfield County Museum.”
Congratulations to others who identified it: Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Jay Altman of Columbia; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Steve Willis of Lancaster.
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