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The Red and Black • Thursday, September 27, 1990 • 3
Warehouse blaze under investigation
By LYNN BARFIELD
Slaff Writer
An investigation is underway to
find the cause of the fire that de
stroyed a warehouse in one of
Athens’ most historical districts.
Dowd Nicholson, investigator for
the state fire marshall, said the in
vestigation began early
Wednesday and will continue until
the cause of the blaze is deter
mined.
“We will go through a process of
elimination to determine exactly
what happened,” Nicholson said.
The state fire marshall will be
working with the insurance com
pany investigators for Armstrong
and Dobbs.
The structure was built
as a railroad depot in
1880. It was one of the
oldest standing in
Athens.
Firefighters received a call at
approximately 8:30 p.m. from
someone who saw the blaze from
Foundiy Street. The caller asked
fire officials not to release his
name.
Nicholson said the owners of the
warehouse, George and Francis
Williams, told investigators the
warehouse stored only excess
building materials.
Dowd Nicholson: State fire marshall investigator looks
over the damage from Tuesday night's warehouse fire.
Francis Williams would not com
ment on the investigation.
The warehouse was sold to
George Williams in May 1984 by
the Seaboard System Railroad, Inc.
of Virginia for the price of $47,500.
Clarke County Assistant Fire
Chief Wendell Faulkner said the
only remaining portion of the ware
house structure is the office space
in the front portion of the building.
In March of 1985, a fire possibly
caused by vagrants destroyed 50
percent of the rear portion of the
building, he said.
Shelia Hackney, executive di
rector of the Athens/Clarke County
Heritage Society, said the building
has a rich historical background.
The structure was built as a rail
road depot in 1880. It was one of
the oldest standing in Athens.
She said the building housed a
‘We will go through a
process of elimination
to determine exactly
what happened.'
— Dowd Nicholson,
investigator
booming business for several years
in 1926 when Bob Hannah leased
the space to begin the Hannah Bat
Factory business.
Hannah ranked first in the
world in bat-producing in 1966,
shipping over one million bats a
year to Canada, South America,
Holland and New Mexico, she said.
The Hannah Bat Factory closed
down at the end of the decade,
Hackney said.
It was later listed as part of the
National Warehouse Register be
cause of its contributions to the in
dustrial and business growth of
Athens.
The warehouse is located in the
historical warehouse district of
Athens, which was officially listed
in 1988.
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tered to vote and are still listed
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Thomas, a sophomore Student
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Fire Hall committee named
By MIKE McLEOD
Staff Writer
The Thomas Street Fire Hall
may be moving soon, and it took a
step in the right direction when
The Clarke County Board of
Commissioners named five
Athens residents to a citizen com
mittee to look into its relocation.
The committee will look into
the problems involved with
moving the building, which must
be moved to make way for the
new Civic Center. Construction
will begin in early 1991, County
Administrator Russ Crider said.
The board will officially ap
point the members to its Com
mittee on Relocating the Fire
Hall during its Oct. 9 meeting,
but notifications were mailed to
members Tuesday.
Crider said the committee will
be responsible for locating a site
for the Fire Hall and working out
the details of the move. The
county will select the lowest
bidder to make the move.
The county has pledged $175,-
000 for the move, but the com
mittee will be responsible for
raising money to pay for a new
foundation for the Fire Hall and
its renovation, Crider said.
The committee members are:
Louis Griffith (chairman),
Ronald Lukasiewicz, Ethel
Chafin, Libby Morris and Smith
Wilson.
“I haven’t received my letter
yet, so I don’t know how I feel
about it yet,” Morris said.
She is executive vice president
of the Athens-Clarke Heritage
Foundation, a non-profit organi
zation committed to preserving
histone architecture in Athens.
Some preservationists fear the
74-year*old brick building can’t
be moved. But Crider said an in
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business has assured the board a
move is possible, and estimated it
would cost $175,000.
“It can’t be moved far,” said
Chafin, a member of the Heritage
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“I hope we can save it...1 think
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