MYSTERY PHOTO: You might have seen this before   

Here’s a mystery that many residents and visitors to Charleston might see. (We’ve slightly altered the picture to make identification more difficult.)  Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com with “Mystery Photo” in the subject line.   Please make sure to include your name and contact information.

Last issue’s mystery

The April 16 Mystery Photo showed First Scots Presbyterian Church on Meeting Street in Charleston.  Hats off to photo sleuths Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Tom Tindall of Edisto Island for correctly identifying it.

Both Tindall and Graf pulled information from the National Park Service to provide more information on the historic church.  Here’s a combination of the information they provided:

 “First Scots Presbyterian Church, the fifth oldest church in Charleston, was constructed in 1814. Its design was perhaps inspired by St. Mary’s Cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland designed by Benjamin Latrobe. Latrobe was the first professionally trained American architect, best known for designing the United States Capitol.

“The massive brick Presbyterian Church has walls that are three feet thick and covered with stucco. Twin towers rise above a columned portico. Reflecting the heritage of the congregation, the seal of the Church of Scotland is displayed in the stained-glass window over the main entrance, and the decorative wrought iron grilles contain thistles, the symbol of Scotland. First Scots replaced the congregation’s first church, a frame building previously located in the southeast corner of the graveyard. The graveyard contains more than 50 stones that date earlier than 1800.  Unique silver and pewter tokens were used for admission to Communion. During both the Revolutionary War and Civil War services were not held.”

• 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 it along to  editor@charlestoncurrents.com.