MYSTERY PHOTO: Wild mural

We hope you enjoy this wild mural as much as we did, but where can you see it in real life?  Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.  And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Familiar archway,” showed a short tunnel that people can go in and out of the Cistern Yard in front of Randolph Hall at the College of Charleston.  

Congratulations to these readers from all over who correctly identified it:  George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Marnie Huger of Richmond, Va.;Kristin Miguez of Mount Pleasant; Tylar Bentz and Esther Jones, both of Charleston; Kristina Wheeler of West Ashley; Jay Altman of Columbia; and William Hulcher.

Graf explained that the George Street archway was part of the Porter’s Lodge at the College of Charleston:  “The building was constructed in 1850-51 during renovations and additions that re-oriented the college’s main building towards George Street. Prior to these additions, this side of the campus had been a space for privies and a firehouse. After the lodge was constructed, the college janitor was asked to keep his firewood and laundry out of the main alcove and to get rid of a cow that grazed Cistern Yard. 

“The former backyard, now enclosed by a fence rather than a wall, was further transformed by the attractive proportions of the Porter’s Lodge, with arched entryways and iron gates.  Today, faculty offices occupy the top floor of Porter’s Lodge, but these rooms were originally living quarters for a custodian, or “porter,” in the parlance of English universities that the college wished to emulate.”

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