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“…While the main building will stand, other buildings will be razed on the five-acre site, including a large brick building just north of the main building…
Plans meet four city goals and requirements…remove blight, fit in with the city’s Historic District, and be compatible with the Downtown Master Plan and surrounding zoning.
Currently, the rundown buildings are an eyesore and a sometime home for vagrants and homeless people.
The back-and-forth sales and proposals for the old school site are almost as historic as the building, which was erected in 1915.
Former mayor and president of the Leesburg Heritage Society, Sanna Henderson, is onboard with the plan.”
— Frank Stanfield, Daily Commercial
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