Blue House fate to be decided Monday

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Blue House fate to be decided Monday

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Fans of Senoia's

"Blue House" will find out Monday if the home is going to meet

the fate of a wrecking ball..

The house at

49 Broad St. become a rallying point for the Senoia Area Historical Society

last month after members learned it could be demolished.

Chuck Smith

has a contract to sell the property to BellSouth for expansion of its

facility next to the home.

But BellSouth

wants only the property, and Smith asked the City Council for permission

to destroy the home.

When members

of the Historical Society learned of the plans, they quickly rallied and

tried to find a way to save the home.

Just this week,

a huge banner went up on the house offering the home for free if somebody

would move it off the property.

Historical

Society President-elect Perry Benson told the City Council last month

night that an architect had looked at the home Sunday.

Newnan's Mike

Miller told Benson the home is in five different sections. Some of the

home was built probably in the 1850s, while other sections were completed

in the 1880s and 1920s. Miller also said it would be virtually impossible

to move the home because of its condition.

The City Council

decided to vote on the issue at its Monday meeting. In the meantime, the

Historical Society will look to see if the older and historic portions

of the house can be moved and try and find a location to place the home.

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