VALDOSTA — Hundreds of teeth found in the wall of a downtown building made national headlines. 

Construction workers made the discovery Tuesday, Oct. 23, while renovating the T.B. Converse Building. They found nearly 1,000 teeth buried in a second-floor wall.

A Times report published Friday, Oct. 26, about the find sparked the interest of major media outlets such as Time Magazine, Fox News, Yahoo! News, AOL, Newsweek and Teen Vogue.

Other outlets such as Sputnik News, IFL Science, Daily Mail and the Lex18 in Kentucky have also picked up the report.

Earlier this week, The Times article had gained more than 50,000 page views on the publication’s website and nearly 2,000 shares on Facebook.

During the 1900s, there were two dentists that practiced in the Converse Building, according to the Lowndes County Historical Society. 

Valdosta Main Street sponsored a contest using a few of the estimated 1,000 teeth. 

Visit valdostadailytimes.com to read the report headlined “Hundreds of teeth found in Downtown Valdosta wall.”

Amanda Usher is a reporter at The Valdosta Daily Times. She can be contacted at 229-244-3400 ext.1274.