The La Grande Hotel was one of the splendid structures of the early 20th century downtown Waycross. Many visitors to Waycross and transient employees of the ACL (Atlantic Coast Line) and ABC rail lines lodged there. These postcard views were taken from near the intersection of Plant Avenue and Jane Street. In the right-hand postcard, "La Grande Pharmacy" is legible on the door. The La Grande was destroyed by a devastating fire of the early 1920's.

The landmark ACL Railroad YMCA building stood vacant for years after and was finally razed in the 1980's to build a parking lot. This photograph was taken from Plant Avenue.

A post card view (top right) from Forest Avenue of the Bunn-Bell Institute (later Piedmont Institute / Baptist College?) around the turn of the century. Top left is a photo of a residence, with the building under construction in the background! In 1936 the third floor was removed and the structure incorporated into the north portion of the new two-story Waycross High School.  The new school was in a square configuration with an interior courtyard. The lower-right picture is from the 1973 Waycross High school yearbook (Turpicone) at the center of the courtyard, with the south wall of the old college building in the background.

Waycross High School, 201 Ava Street, 1936-1966. The south (front) side, facing Ava Street and the west (gym and auditorium) side are in this postcard view. The complex was constructed as a square shape with interior courtyard and incorporated the Bunn-Bell building as the north side.  It was the high school until 1966 and continued as a junior high or middle school until sometime in the 70's. The structure stood until about 1980, and then demolished after new school buildings were built. A church complex, Central Baptist Church,  was later constructed on the site.

The old Morton Avenue Elementary School, pictures taken shortly before demolition of the structure in the late 1980's or early 90's.

Prior to the 201 Ava.Street location (1936-1966), Waycross High School was located downtown. There are at least seven great postcards in existence! The top row, right-hand postcard is dated 1914 and the view is from near the corner of Tebeau and Mary.  The second row, right hand postcard would be from the corner of Pendleton and Mary. The building covered a full block, from Mary Street to Isabella Street, and from Tebeau Street to Pendleton Street. The bottom picture, from the 1931 Waycross High School yearbook (the Sangra), shows the east side extending to Isabella. It was demolished in the 1940s and commercial buildings were built on the site to create the Monroe block.