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Volunteers spruce up historic Piedmont Hotel
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Joe Whitaker, Piedmont Hotel caretaker, looks over old fire maps of Gainesville in the research library. - photo by NAT GURLEY
A sunny Saturday made for a great day of cleaning and sprucing up of Gainesville’s historic Piedmont Hotel. With some tourists visiting throughout the day, it was a chance to make a good impression on the community. The Longstreet Society and volunteers gathered for a cleanup day at the 19th century building at 827 Maple St. once owned by Confederate Gen. James Longstreet.