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Expert has short opportunity to save stairs

By Bayne Hughes
The Decatur Daily

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ATHENS — Renovations of the Limestone County Courthouse will move forward unless a historic-architecture expert quickly finds a way to save a marble staircase, commission Chairman Stanley Menefee … More »

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On 1/17/13 at 09:53 AM, Ann B. from wrote:

Keep the stairs

do not destroy a part of your history

Athens

like Decatur always will do

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On 1/17/13 at 06:54 PM, JIM from wrote:

Please find a workable solution to save the stairs! Eventually the building can be used as a museum and marble stairs will be so wonderful and beautiful. If you tear them out, some day everyone will bemoan the loss of the grand marble staircase and wonder why nobody had the foresight to preserve this detail! Please save the marble staircase! Once they are gone, they are gone forever.

Thank you,

James L. Walker

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