Historic Building in Valdosta

This unassuming building at the corner of West Savannah Avenue & South Toombs Street in Valdosta, Georgia  is hiding quite a bit of history! It was built in 1925 as a bottling facility to accommodate an ever-growing fleet of delivery trucks that delivered a very popular beverage to stores in & around the Valdosta area: Coca-Cola! It only served as the Coca-Cola Bottling Works for 27 years before moving into a more "modern" facility on Ashley Street in 1952 (That one is also now closed. The current facility is on US 84 West about a mile west of I-75). On the outside, the building looks remarkably similar to the original design from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company days, but the inside is quite different. It now serves as the corporate offices for Barnes Healthcare Services! The historic photo was provided courtesy of the Lowndes County Historical Society.
Jay Blanton