of old -
no longer able to patch it up -
this downtown building will be demolished -
yet, as much as can be salvaged will be -
and used in the one replacing it -
originally it was a wood building (late 1800's) -
but burned -
replaced by a brick structure ( from research) -
it has held many businesses -
the note on the top photo -
shows where a metal rod was capped with the star shape -
to keep the building from cracking any more -
from the great Charleston Earthquake in 1886 -
the Earthquake was so strong it damaged buildings at least as far as Danville, Virginia

(some text courtesy of Times-News)

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