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Burton Bros. Station: Landmark razed Wed., Nov. 6, 2013

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Burton Bros. Station: Landmark Building being razed - I



2013-11-06 - NE Corner, Campbellsville & Fairground Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Pyles Excavation began prepping the landmark Burton Bros. Station for demolition this morning; and Columbia Gas Superintendent Ron Cook and a small crew were on hand to point out gas lines for them. Burton Bros. Station has been a Columbia landmark since the 1950s. Sandy Pyles of Pyles Excavation said that before the work began there were requests for souvenir bricks from the station. (Memories of the station are welcome. Use the the Comments button with this photo to submit. - CM)
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Burton Bros. Station razing II - First bite of rooftop



2013-11-06 - NE Corner, Campbellsville & Fairground Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Rob Wilkerson. Floyd Rich operating the big Caterpillar 330 BL Trackhoe, prepares to take the first bite out of the roof of the Burton Bros. station. Brick from the site is headed for Pyles Recycling. At least one brick is being recycled as a keepsake by Rabon "Toon" Burton, who spent much of his early years at the family owned business.
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A Landmark is Razed: Burton Bros. III



2013-11-06 - Corner of Fairground & Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Rob Wilkerson. Floyd Rich of Pyles Excavating maneuvers the Trackhoe into position for annother section of the roof.
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Burton Bros., landmark building, is down - V



2013-11-06 - Corner of Fairground & Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. This was the scene at the site of Burton Bros. station, the 1950's era building which was a landmark for some 60 years. Demolition started this morning, and by 4pmCT, only a small amount of debris remained for Pyles Excavation to remove. The property is owned by Rob Wilkerson, who also owns the Hancock Building the property adjoining on the east side of this lot. Wilkerson is retrofitting the Hancock Building as a manufacturing facility where conversion of Toyota vans to assisted mobility vans will be undertaken. Already, Wilkerson's Assisted Transportation System facilities in Green River Commerce Park employ approximately 30 people. An additional skilled jobs will be added with the opening of the Toyota plant.
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Burton Bros. Station being recycled



2013-11-07 - 221 Corporate Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Sandy Pyles. The first load of the material from the demolition of the Columbia landmark building, the Burton Bros. Station at the corner of Fairground Street and Campbellsville Street, arrived at Pyles Demolition Recycling Wednesday, November 6, 2013. About 75 percent of the material will salvaged and reused. At least one of the bricks from the station will go to Rabon "Toon" Burton, who has so many fond memories of Burton Bros. Station, a big part of his family memories. Clicking ReadMore accesses a series of photos by Rob Wilkerson showing the one day demolition of the building
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