Sadly, one of the historic Victorian buildings on South Court Street is in danger of collapse.
236 South Court houses the Gardener's Cottage and early Monday morning, chunks of bricks fell off the back wall.
As the official news continues to develop, I will add additional links here.
WEWS coverage from 19 February:
Gardener's Cottage Partially Collapses
Gazette online from the 19th:
Building Partially Collapses
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| Picture of the back of the building from the February 21st Gazette article. |
Late Tuesday, officials said that the building could be saved.
Gazette coverage from the 21st:
Building is Salvageable
On Wednesday, plywood was brought in to close off the front of the building so that traffic could be restored on South Court Street.
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| Back of the building on Thursday, February 22, taken from second floor of the Medina Library. Photo courtesy of the author. You can see that some framing has been added and tarps are being installed to keep the rain out. |
The history of the building going back to the 1870's can be viewed at the Medina Square website:
East side of South Court Street. Look for the address 246 South Court.
Brunswick Sun Times 22 February 2018
City of Medina Press Release:
There have also been a lot of posts on Facebook about the building. Here is the business' FACEBOOK page.
February 28, 2018 - All covered up and waiting for the reconstruction to begin!
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| February 28, 2018 - taken from second story of the Medina Library. |
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| Brunswick Sun News 1 March 2018. |
1 comment:
I am so glad they can fix the building! If there is a silver lining in this event it was fortunate it did not occur during the Ice Festival.
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