Damaged house on Main Street demolished

Damaged house on Main Street demolished 1 of 4 The abandoned house located at 421 E. Main St. in Floyd is demolished June 28. The white house at 421 E. Main St. in Floyd before demolition on June 28. The building is badly damaged after a 2019 fire. A Mack truck waits to remove debris after the demolition. By Abby Whitt | Editor FLOYD — In line with town ordinances that state severely damaged buildings have to either be repaired or demolished within two years of sustaining the damage, the white house at 421 E. Main Street was demolished Monday morning.The building, which was owned by the late Laurence Hale Wood of Floyd until his passing in 2016, was severely damaged in a blaze that began Dec. 30, 2019. Following his passing, the property was willed to Wood’s daughter, who lives in New York state.An investigation of the fire led to the execution of search warrants involving four juveniles and Snapchat data, according to public records, and called the property “abandoned” with “obvious vandalism with graffiti, as well as a camp style fuel container in a downstairs room.”Four adolescents were interviewed, according to the warrants, and a 15-year-old male “produced…
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