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Tradesmen rush to save pieces of pre-Civil War barn
Structure was to be demolished after Irma damage
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Jack Latimer, right, and Edward Hardman talk about the barn they're disassembling near Gillsville on Friday. The men believe the structure is more than 150 years old. - photo by Nick Bowman
Jack Latimer wants Hall County to know about a piece of history before it’s gone. Latimer and Edward Hardman are taking apart an unassuming tin-roof barn that skirts the edge of Ga. 82 on the way to Jackson County. While it doesn’t sound like much, the barn is a bit of a mystery and could be one of the oldest structures standing in the county. And in a few days, the pre-Civil War building will be gone.