People's Wholesale Grocery - Orange VA
N 38° 14.771 W 078° 06.587
17S E 752928 N 4237080
The faint evidence of a building's past life remains on the brick facade of an old warehouse.
Waymark Code: WMF53B
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2012
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The buildings of downtown Orange, Virginia reflect its commercial past of the 19th and early 20th century. Included is the People's Warehouse Buildings located on May-Fray Ave. near the intersection with Main St. The 2-story brick warehouse and adjacent building were built in 1919 and housed the People's Wholesale Grocery. Today the buildings are the home for a catering company and picture framing shop, but evidence of the old sign for the grocery still exists above the framing store entrance.
 | This photo from 1932 shows the warehouse with a sign that read PEOPLES GROCERY CO | WHOLESALE GROCERS. (This photo was scanned in from A Walking Tour of the Downtown Orange Commercial Historic District pamphlet available at the Orange Visitor's Bureau. The photo is credited to the collection of Duff Green.) |
 | This photo from 2012 shows the warehouse with the same sign that is barely discernible 80 years later |
Reference:
- A Walking Tour of the Downtown Orange Commercial Historic District pamphlet (available at Visitor's Bureau)