Demolition has progressed to the most prominent feature on a more than 125-year-old courthouse coming down after a preservation battle in northwest Ohio.
Multiple news outlets report that a crane with a wrecking ball began knocking down the clock tower on the Seneca County Courthouse on Thursday. The wrecking company expected the work to be completed on Friday.
Tiffin Fire Chief Bill Ennis asked nearby businesses and county offices to close Thursday afternoon as a safety precaution, given the height of the work. The tower stood 107 feet tall.
Demolition began Jan. 9 on the courthouse built in 1884 in Tiffin, about 45 miles southeast of Toledo.
Local taxpayers appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court in an effort to save the building but ultimately gave up abandoned their legal fight.
