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Old ag buildings face uncertain future

June 30, 2008, 9:50 am

To pay part of his tuition at the University of Idaho, Harvey Neese spent a summer helping build the grain warehouse on the corner of A and Almon Street in Moscow.

Neese, now a 73-year-old retired UI employee, laughs when he looks back on those days. He recently visited the warehouse for the first time since he worked on it, and learned of the possible futures for the building that holds so many fond memories.

The most likely end for the buildings appears to be the wrecking ball, but the wood won’t be headed to the dump.

Sustainable Timbers Moscow, an Oregon-based company, bought the warehouse and surrounding buildings from Columbia Grain last year. President and CEO Alan Ollivant said the company originally planned to save the warehouse, but now it looks like everything will be “deconstructed” — torn down but salvaged.

For more on this story, check DNews.com or see the Monday edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

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