A Little Bit of Gwinnett History to Disappear

The voted Tuesday night to demolish the complex that once housed the .

The series of three buildings at 240 Oak Street in downtown Lawrenceville were originally built in 1948 to house . Back then, the population of Gwinnett County was just about 31,000 with an increase in population of just 1 percent a year.

The Board of Commissioners said the buildings would be razed and the property prepared for sale. The demolition was contracted to Cummins Enterprise with a bid of $205,000. 

In a release, District 4 Commissioner John Heard of Lawrenceville said, “These buildings are a piece of local history but the health hazard they pose necessitates their demolition.”

Board Chairman Charlotte Nash recalled working there as a financial grants manager when she started her 27-year career as a County employee. She retired in 2004 as County Administrator and was elected board chairman last month.