Column: Was Wauka higher, or did it just shrink?
Johnny Vardeman
The city of Gainesville is razing the old Turner, Wood & Smith Insurance building on Brenau Avenue.
That building has had a variety of uses. In the 1940s, it was a Big Star supermarket, and in the 1950s it became Colonial Stores. During the 1980s, it was home to the Social Security office.
Then the insurance agency moved into it from nearby Bradford Street. And, after Turner, Wood & Smith moved to Jesse Jewell Parkway, Hall County Library used the building as a temporary location, while its main property — at the corner of West Academy and Main Street — underwent renovation.