The Pike County jail is visible across Highway 19 as an old building is demolished on the east side of the courthouse square. [Photo by Jennifer Taylor]
Building on square demolished
Another of Pike County’s historic downtown buildings has become a memory – but the change to the courthouse square is set to bring new jobs to the county. The 100-year-old building was on the east side of the Zebulon courthouse square and was at one time the home of Bankston Lumber Company. United Bank purchased the building about three months ago and plans to rebuild on the site with the addition of about a dozen new employees.
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Anonymous
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09/07/11 at 06:48 AM
What building on the square was torn down when they filmed the movie "Tank" in the 80's?
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Sheila Tolley
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09/07/11 at 11:56 AM
It was a building that was built exclusively for the movie to be torn down during the actual filming. It was built to replicate the Zebulon jail during the escape scene with the tank.
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Mr. Peanut
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09/07/11 at 03:26 PM
Wow, our very own small town monopoly...United now owns the, "entire eastern block of the courthouse square." Today the square, tomorrow the world! (Insert evil laugh)
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Zim Zithers
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09/08/11 at 08:53 AM
I get scared when people knock down buildings. Won't somebody please think of the children?
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Goldmember
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09/08/11 at 02:41 PM
I personally checked that no children were in the building before we ran over it with a bulldozer.
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