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In 1926-1927 James F. Mackey and Sons constructed a new home for its funeral business in the 300 block of North Main Street. The mortuary was first established in 1872 and for many years was located on East Washington Street. Its new building, which was separated from the Carolina Theater complex by a parking lot, was on the corner of North Main and Elford streets. Elford Street at the time was a narrow two-lane street. Proximity to Springwood Cemetery was an obvious factor in the site selection for Mackey’s. The building, which was in the Neoclassical Revival style, had a well-proportioned portico supported by ionic columns and corner quoins of brick. When Mackey’s moved in 1969 to a new building off of Highway 291, the Main Street building became a bank. The building was demolished in 1998.
[From “Remembering Greenville: Photograph Photographs from the Coxe Collection,” by Jeffrey R. Willis.]
Today the site of the Mackey and Sons Mortuary building is a parking lot. Mackey Mortuary continues to operate at 311 Century Drive off of North Pleasantburg Drive near Interstate 385.
