Demolition of Flora school house nearly complete

By Austin Miller Updated: Friday, March 28, 2014, 6:10 pm Published: Friday, March 28, 2014, 4:11 pm Related Content

FLORA, Ind. (WLFI) Demolition is underway as Flora residents say goodbye to an old school house. Crews are about half-way through demolishing the old building.

Monroe Township School was first built in the 1930s to replace a school that had burned down previously. The building has not been used in nearly 30 years and was beginning to become hazardous to neighboring residents.

Flora Town Council President Josh Ayres said he is sad to see the building go.

Some people are pretty emotional about it. Its been a landmark since 1930. Ive heard some talk. Everybodys sad to see it go, but understands that it cant stay the way it is forever, said Ayres.

Demolition is expected to be complete within the next month. Ayres said there are no plans currently to construct anything on the land.

Theres actually an older school buried underneath this one, so we really cant do something with it as far as building something on top of it unless that problem is taken care of, said Ayres.

Ayres said it will be up to the community to decide what to do with the property.

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Demolition of Flora school house nearly complete