Carrier Mills demolishes Harris-Parks building
CARRIER MILLS - A historic building in Carrier Mills that had become a public safety hazard was demolished Wednesday.
The R. Harris-I.F. Parks Building, more commonly known as the "Harris-Parks building" was built in 1908.
After two fires swept through Carrier Mills in early 1908, destroying most of the wooden buildings in the downtown area, businessowners rebuilt new buildings with brick. The Harris-Parks building was one of those brick buildings.
In recent years, many of the physically declining old brick buildings in the downtown area have been demolished.
An excavator operator works to tear down the old Harris-Parks building in Carrier Mills Wednesday.
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Debris falls from the bucket on an excavator as the Harris-Parks building in Carrier Mills is demolished Wednesday. The building was one of the first brick structures in the downtown area after two separate fires in 1908 destroyed most of the downtown businesses. Most buildings built in the downtown area in 1908 and years thereafter were made of brick.
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