E.M. Barrett Store to Be Demolished for Road Widening Project After months of collaborative effort among the City of Holly Springs elected officials, staff, and engineers, a decision was made to demolish a brick structure known as the E.M. Barrett Store in order to widen Hickory Road as part of the Town Center Road Network Plan. The building is located at the corner of Palm Street and Hickory Road.When engineers suggested this option, we asked them immediately if plans could be reworked to avoid the demolition of the E.M. Barrett Store, said Mayor Steven W. Miller. When the other option presented was the demolition of the Hardin House at the other corner of Hickory Road and Palm Street, we began to look at each buildings part of history within our city. While the E.M. Barrett Store was a staple in our community for many years, the building as it currently stands is not indicative of its importance to our history. We do plan on salvaging what materials we can from the current structure and integrating those pieces into a permanent feature in the redeveloped Town Center. The City of Holly Springs has reached out to Stefanie Joyner at the Cherokee County Historical Society for her input on the preservation of the materials salvaged during demolition as well as historic photographs and written history to document the building for future generations.
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