Readers keep sending in mystery photos of lighthouses. Here’s another, different primarily in color. Check it out and see if you can determine where it is located. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your home town.
First in with the right answer this edition was Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville: “The mystery is the South Dakota state capitol in Pierre. My wife and three dogs went to South Dakota recently to see the sights and museums. One of the prettiest, cleanest states in the country.”
Others recognizing it were Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex., who wrote: “If you zoom in to the mystery photo, you will find that above the four main columns that frame the front entrance, the words “SOVTH DAKOTA” (yes .. that is a ‘V’ not a ‘U’). What’s up with that? Well apparently this is an architectural tribute to the Roman influences of the neoclassical design of the building. There is no “U” in the Latin alphabet, and the letter “V” is often used as a replacement. If you have ever visited areas once ruled by the Roman Empire, you will find many historic buildings that use a “V” where we would normally expect to see a “U” in the name.”
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