(Above) Taylor Pollock, Alice Pollock, and Susan Poyner stand along East Main Street in Danville as the tear down of Cannon School continues behind them.
As Cannon School on East Main Street in Danville continues to be torn down, it has not been without some visitors and witnesses stopping by each day. Alice Pollock is from a three generation Cannon School family; from her mom, to herself, to three daughters who attended.
AUDIO: I think that this is a sad loss for Danville. This is a very iconic and historic building, and I think it kind of helps define Danville; especially on the east side of the city. And I just think it’s a huge loss for our community.
Pollock says, she wishes that during the past half-decade the building has been closed some more long range planning was done.
AUDIO: We wish that the school board would have looked a little deeper to see if there was another purpose that could have been made with the building; maybe a senior citizen or some kind of a community center. We tried various options, like trying to get it deemed into an historic landmark.
District 118 Director of Buildings and Grounds Skip Truex stated upon the tear down decision being made last spring that significant water damage would have required an initial 15 million dollars to simply be able to re-enter the building safely. Then, turning it into something else would have been more significant expense. District 118 has stated the destruction is scheduled to last until about July 22nd. Alice Pollock reported to us that the time capsule inside the cornerstone was recovered on Wednesday.
