I just was wondering why the

county commission and city historic agency didn't have better communication.

They could have prevented the destruction of the Dorsey house, and still

got the jail built.

Kristen Merrick

The Dorsey house on Long Avenue

... had an interesting historical background. Hugh Dorsey's aunts lived

in this house. He was the governor of Georgia in 1916 and was born in

the Holiday-Dorsey-Fife house, another of Fayette's historic homes. A

premier Atlanta architect, Neel Reid, was hired to renovate the home in

the early 20th century.

Because of a lack of communication

between county governments and the city agency, an irreplaceable structure

has been razed to make room to expand the jail. Although the limit of

a year and a half was realized by everyone, the people who were demolishing

the house should have given a call at least two or three days in advance

to let them know of the leveling.

Dee Humphrey

This house is very important

to the history of the city I live in. I agree that we need progress in

this city but I also agree that we need to preserve our heritage.

This house was home to the

aunts of Hugh Dorsey, one of our former governors. The great Atlanta architect

Neel Reid also renovated it. This house had many other stories and features

that many people living in my city will probably never know about.

The part that made me the angriest

is that the house would still be standing there today if the city and

the county had communicated more. When the house was done, many stories

went with it. I hope that a tragedy like this will never happen again.

Nick Guinee