Milton Country Store's Historic Status Recommended

The city's Historic Preservation Commission sends the Hardeman Country Store application for the designation to Milton City Council with a positive endorsement.

The Milton Historic Preservation Commission recommended that the former Hardeman's Groceries on Hopewell Road be given a historic preservation designation during its meeting Monday, July 16 at Milton City Hall. A slight bit of controversy came to light when commission member Norman Broadwell said in his discussions with residents of that part of Milton, he learned that the store was built in the 1950s, not in the 1900-1910 era as the report prepared by the Community Development Department seemed to state. But that same report said the store was used as a country general store beginning in the 1950s, and staff revealed that's that the application by the current property owner stated. Did you or your family shop at Hardemon's in its early …

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