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MYSTERY PHOTO: An old place

MYSTERY PHOTO: An old place

Where and what is it? Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Dec. 2 mystery, “Lowcountry dawn,” turned out to be harder than we anticipated.  The Charleston photo is taken from a parking lot at the Marina Variety Store on Lockwood Boulevard looking toward construction of the new Sergeant Jasper complex on Broad Street.  

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Lowcountry dawn

MYSTERY PHOTO: Lowcountry dawn

Try to figure out where the photographer stood when taking this photo of a sunrise in Charleston.  Alternatively, what’s the photographer looking at through the lens? Extra credit: Answer both. Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 25 mystery, “Interesting brick building,” has been known as the Waring Historical Library since 1969. 

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting brick building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting brick building

Here’s an interesting brick building in Charleston County.  What and where is it? Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 18 mystery, “Not a house in a subdivision,” was of Oakland plantation house, which is about seven miles east of  Mount Pleasant. Congratulations to three readers who correctly identified i

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Not a house in a subdivision

MYSTERY PHOTO: Not a house in a subdivision

Here’s what this week’s mystery is not: A standard South Carolina subdivision house.  But what and where is it? Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 11 mystery, “This puzzler might be impossible,” wasn’t impossible for one guy: Super sleuth George Graf of Palmyra, Va. Learn more.

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MYSTERY PHOTO: This puzzler might be almost impossible

MYSTERY PHOTO: This puzzler might be almost impossible

The Mystery Photo for this issue might test the outer boundaries of your sleuthing skills.  Hint” It is in Charleston. Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 4 mystery, “Under construction” showed the new Charleston fire station being built on Savannah Highway a few blocks inside the Interstate 526 interchange.

MYSTERY PHOTO: Under construction

MYSTERY PHOTO: Under construction

Just where in the Charleston area might you have seen this building?  For those of you who use Google images to try to scout this new building, good luck!  Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 28 mystery, “Great flower boxes” showed the exterior of Rodney Scott’s barbecue joint on upper King Street in Charleston.  Just looking at the building makes one’s mouth water for Scott’s tasty pork sandwiches.  

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Great flower boxes

MYSTERY PHOTO: Great flower boxes

Just where in the Charleston area might you have seen this building with the great flower boxes?  Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 21 mystery, “Big, white building” showed Colleton County’s courthouse in Walterboro.  

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Big, white building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Big, white building

Gee whiz — this building makes an impression.  But where in the Lowcountry is it? Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Our Oct. 14 mystery, “Another old building” showed the Hutchison House on Edisto Island, which now reportedly is undergoing a renovation. Thanks to contributor Fred Palm for suggesting it as a mystery.

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Another old building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Another old building

Here’s a photo of another old building in the tri-county area.  What and where is it? Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 4 mystery, “Old picture of an old building” showed the ruins of Biggin Church, a site about two miles from Moncks Corner that burned three times since first being built in 1711.  It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Old picture of an old building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Old picture of an old building

Here’s an old photo of an old building in the tri-county area.  What and where is it? Note: Look closely; it might not be where you first think it is.  Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Sept. 30 mystery, “Colorful building” showed beautiful murals at the Martin Luther King Jr. pool in the upper part of Charleston on Jackson Street.

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