A two-story brick edifice that has faced West Union Street for 107 years came tumbling down Wednesday morning, demolished by the city after a huge fire gutted the former funeral home late Saturday.
Jacksonville s inspection division took only a day to approve an emergency demolition order for the abandoned Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home downtown, then crews from J. B. Coxwell Contracting began pulling the charred brick walls down early Wednesday.
The fire in the building near North Laura Street was reported about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. The blaze required 110 firefighters to extinguish it as it gutted the interior of the building, shuttered in 2013, then the roof and second story collapsed.