What is this painting? Who did it? Where is it? Send your best guess – plus hometown and name – to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Meanwhile, last week’s mystery – “Pink building” – showed an old view in the Library of Congress of Medway Plantation near Goose Creek.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, shares this: “The original plantation dates back to 1686, and the central portion of the current house was rebuilt around 1704 after a fire, making it the oldest masonry structure in South Carolina. The house features unique Dutch-style stepped gables and was originally made with local ‘Carolina Grey’ salmon-colored bricks and tile.”
Owners have included provincial Gov. Thomas Smith (1648–1694) and Sidney Jennings Legendre (1903–1948) and his wife, Gertrude Sanford Legendre (1902–2000).
“Gertrude was a wealthy socialite, big-game hunter, conservationist and the first American woman captured as a spy during World War II,” Peel wrote. “Her life and the plantation inspired a number of books, and was the basis for the famous 1938 film ‘Holiday,’ starring Katharine Hepburn.”
Others who correctly identified the plantation were: George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; Jay Altman of Columbia; and Frank Bouknight of Summerville.
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