3/28/17
by News Department on 03/28/17House Collapse in Pottsville...
Part of a house collapsed in Pottsville on Monday. According to the Republican Herald, a section of the back of the structure at 124 S. Third St. has fallen away.
The house is on the city’s blight list and City Administrator Thomas A. Palamar said AMC Enterprises, Girardville, will start demolition today.
He estimated the cost to demolish the building at $24,500. What funds the city will use has not been determined yet. However, money is available from a contingency fund for such an expense. Using Community Development Block Grant funds used for demolition might also be a possibility.
The online Schuylkill County Parcel Locator lists the owner of the property as GF Real Estate Development Inc., Queens Village, New York.
The property is one of 27 properties the city sent earlier this year to the county to be demolished.
