Here’s a colorful photograph that you may have to been there to identify. So put on your best thinking outfit, and see if it will shower you with the correct answer. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
The last Mystery Photo came from Rick Krause of Lilburn, and Allen Peel of San Antonio, Tex. recognized it, and tells us about it: It’s the the Columbia County Courthouse in Dayton, Washington. It was designed by local Dayton architect W.H. Burrows and completed in 1887, two years before Washington officially became a state in 1889. Since the building still serves as a courthouse, this 2-1/2 story stucco-brick, Italianate-style building is officially the oldest working courthouse in Washington State and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The construction contract for the building was awarded for $32,732, which in today’s dollars, is only $1.05 Million. Quite a bargain to me, huh?”
Others spotting this courthouse include Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C..; Stew Ogilvie, Lawrewnceville; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; and Ruthy Lachman Paul, Norcross.
SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: 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 to: elliott@brack.net and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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