Historic Photo of the Week Dec. 10
Published 10:41 am Monday, December 9, 2024
- Photo & Information courtesy of the Wiregrass Region Digital History Project and Lowndes County Historical Society & Museum – Open free to the public Tuesday-Thursday 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Submitted by Historic Valdosta.
1950s Shriner Ceremonial parade on North Patterson Street at the corner of Central Avenue. Luke Brothers occupied the McKey Building from about 1947 until 1958. The McKey Building opened in 1906 and was built by brothers William Harrison McKey and Thomas Sylvester McKey with profits from an orange grove.