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City was saving, not destroying historic home 2020-08-27 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The existing house, built in the early 1850s may have appeared crumbling, but the bones were solid and work was being done to preserve what could be saved of the historic Hurt/Foust home by the City of Columbia. The process to place the house and land on the National Register of Historical Places had already been instituted. We were approached and encouraged to begin this process by someone in the preservation community outside Adair County; one who knew the significance of this site and the need to save what could be saved. The clearing of the house was underway, with encouragement from the City and with aid from the local library, and history and genealogical groups. A small group of dedicated volunteers began work in early summer. Vandals, vagrants, and 'treasure hunters' had ransacked the house, entering through smashed windows, climbing and crawling, throwing and destroying each and every time. Even since the clean-up began in early June, each time the volunteers came, there was evidence of new invasions. Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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