MYSTERY PHOTO:   Mystery house

So here’s an ornate Italian-looking building that landed somewhere in South Carolina. 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 Feb. 19 mystery, shown at right, as the boyhood home in Columbia for U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

Hats off to several sleuths who correctly identified the Wilson home:  Cheryl Smithem of Summerville; Jenni Tyler of Mount Pleasant; Carolee Williams of Charleston; Bud Ferillo of Columbia; Chris Brooks of Columbia and George Graf of Palmyra, Va.

Graf told us he always thought Wilson was born and bred in Staunton, Va.

“Never knew he lived in South Carolina or was the Governor of New Jersey,” Graf wrote. “His father, Joseph Wilson, owned slaves, defended slavery, and also set up a Sunday school for his slaves. Both parents identified with the Confederacy during the American Civil War. During Reconstruction, Wilson lived in Columbia, S.C., from 1870 to 1874, while his father was a theology professor at the Columbia Theological Seminary.

Couple of my favorite quote attributed to President Wilson:

“The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.” — The Atlanta Constitution (14 January 1914)

“I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, and I have borrowed a lot since I read it to you first.” — Speech to the National Press Club (20 March 1914)

• 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.