Saturday, May 04, 2024

Property Owner Demolished Historic Oconee County House That State Said Was Obstacle To SR 316 Interchange At Dials Mill Road

***County Issued Demolition Permit In January***

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Engineer Marvin Gavins said in late March that the Department had picked Dials Mill Extension over Dials Mill Road for its preferred full interchange at SR 316 in part because of the existence of a historic house on the northwest corner of Dials Mill Road and SR 316.

The owners of that property literally have removed that justification.

UCS Dials Mill Road LLC applied for and received a permit in the middle of January to demolish the historic home, and the site is now cleared of what was the Lee Daniel Farm homestead, built in 1910, according to county tax records.