{"id":21064,"date":"2025-11-02T19:44:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21064"},"modified":"2025-11-02T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:42:10","slug":"thanks-to-the-buildings-ancestral-families-the-lemoyne-art-centers-front-porch-now-has-a-formal-name","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/thanks-to-the-buildings-ancestral-families-the-lemoyne-art-centers-front-porch-now-has-a-formal-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to the building&#8217;s ancestral families, the LeMoyne Art Center&#8217;s front porch now has a formal name"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21064-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/11\/lemoyneporch1103full.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/11\/lemoyneporch1103full.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/11\/lemoyneporch1103full.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>A major gift to the Lemoyne Art Center came over the weekend from the families that once occupied the Lemoyne headquarters on Gadsden Street. Modern members of those families were on hand as the building&#8217;s porch was named in honor of Betty Ann Munroe Skelton.<\/p>\n<p>Betty Ann&#8217;s daughter Susan gave the gathering a bit of history regarding the old homestead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first generation of the McGinnis family in Tallahassee built this home and moved in around 1855, 170 years ago. From that first generation until today, 7 generations of the McGinnis\/Munroe family have stood on this porch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And now that porch is named in honor of Betty Ann Munroe Skelton who died at the age of 90 in 2023. 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