There for 80 years, gone in 2 days

This doesn't happen very often in GroveAtopia, but over the past few days a whole house completely disappeared.  

Well it didn't really disappear.  It was stuffed into two dumpsters.  I always wondered how many houses would fit into a dumpster.  Turns out to be about half a house.

GroveAtopia is lucky to be full of old houses.  They are here not through any planning, nor are they the fussy kind of old house.  Our old houses are the real kind.  Many of them bear signs of their age.  They are not showplaces.  They are just regular houses that once, about 80 or more years ago, were brand new.  Over the years people just kept living in them, selling them, sometimes restoring them, but mostly just tending to them with various degrees of attention.

And now, not through any conscious effort, and thanks to the fact that our town was spared of any of the major fires that seemed to strike many old towns, our old houses are emerging as our community treasures.   Some started out glorious, fell into dilapidation, but were then restored.  A few are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but most are just there being lived in.

So when one of them disappears we take notice.  One of our treasures, or potential treasures is gone.  What happened that demolition was the best choice?  What will take its place?   GroveAtopia drives by this – well a few days ago I could say house, now it's just a patch of dirt – everyday.  

And don't worry, I will keep an eye on it for you.