Brick by Brick

Thursday, March 16, 2023
The building having sat vacant for more than a decade, the demolition of Jones School begins on Greencastle’s northwest side. With crews from Denney Excavating beginning work earlier this week, almost nothing is left standing of the north hallway of the building as of Thursday morning. Having served Greencastle elementary-aged students from 1954-2001, the building became the Putnam County Courthouse Annex for another 10 years before it was closed for good. After plans to turn the building into senior housing fell through, the county commissioners made the decision to raze it earlier this year.
Banner Graphic/JARED JERNAGAN

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  • Another one bites the dust.

    -- Posted by your mom on Sat, Mar 18, 2023, at 9:27 AM
  • It has always amazed me that we don't have the money to maintain these old school buildings , but somehow we find the money to build new ones.

    -- Posted by sierrasusanne on Sat, Mar 18, 2023, at 9:37 AM
  • County Commissioners did nothing for 10 years to preserve this building, letting the roof leak, creating mold, and damaging the county records they thought would be a good idea to store there. Now the taxpayers have to foot the bill to tear it all down. Good job, guys.

    -- Posted by Ben Dover on Sat, Mar 18, 2023, at 4:16 PM
  • When you have something that breaks, do you buy new or do you keep spending money to fix it and fix it and fix it?

    -- Posted by beg on Mon, Mar 20, 2023, at 10:53 AM
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