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Photo courtesy Col. Garry Littleton
In May, when Col. Gary Littlton and his team arrived to bring their new project home, the historic structure was in dire need of help and required tender care to get it loaded for transport. The roof had to be collapsed and reassembled for the journey to Lynnville.
buildings that served a bustling town.
Daisy Williams went on to become Daisy Orr who gave birth
to a baby girl named Sarah, known as “Kip,” who is now the oldest
living resident of little Belfast at the age of 96.
The property was sold in the late 1970s outside the Williams
family and the new owner tore down the main structure, which
was in a state of ruin. Neighbors and old timers were not happy.
“It about broke my heart when they tore down the stagecoach,” said Wesley Poteete, a certifiable old timer having lived on
Finley Beech Road all of his 65 years. “They did it so quick that
nobody could say anything.“
Poteete said he had a front row seat to the building’s deterioration. He watched siding go on and renovations alter the original layout. He watched as the chimney was sold off in pieces.
At some point, the building was actually picked up and
moved down the road where it came to the attention of Chapel Hill