What makes it so historical? I used to agree with fixing it up. Ive lived not far from it for 25 yrs and have never been able to explore it. I did buy weed in the rooms behind it before. Also how historic is our courthouse? We had some hangings there. Not knocking repairing either one of them. They just get called historic so often. We have alot more historic places in Wise County.
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i really think that they should tear it down and make one intersection instead of that mess that they have.
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The Old Wise Inn was the first sheriff/policeman of Wise County's home. Which was my Great Great grandfather, Andrew Jackson Dotson.
I think the courthouse has just been around a long, long time.. and the hangings, maybe something to do with Red Fox?
Steer that's pretty cool. In noway am I trying to take away from your family's heritage either. I just look at that flower garden they have made across the street from it and was wondering what a useless thing to do. It's not big enough to even have a yard sale at. They should have made a place for a farmers market or something other than a huge flower bed. Wich got me wondering about the the INN. I would hear stories about it but most were untrue and was wondering is it really that historic of a place? I would rather put money in to preserve a place with historic value. Like killing rock. You walk to it and there is a power pole planted right beside it.
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totally understood... the actual first Wise Inn caught on fire, and the version we see now is the newer.
I look for Wise to kick into full gear with renovations of everything, and making it more "historic", the whole town.... especially with UVA-Wise officially going to a "University".... it'll finally become a more college/appealing town.
Wise received some Community Development Block Grant money to do the garden and other things in Downtown. So don't fret folks, it was not accomplished with local money. It does look better. However, I was also told that the Methodist Church wanted to purchase the property for a parking lot, so that should have been an option also. Would love the see The Inn revamped and in use again.
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Mike,..was thinking the same thing. There is so much money going into "refurbishing" The Inn. My memories of it,...We did have our Senior Banquet at The Inn, but most memories are the lost souls hanging out the windows watching traffic go by. I figured after all is said and done it will be a place that us "common folk" couldn't or wouldn't go to. I can see CVC (aka: UVA,..Yep,..I am "old school") putting up visitors to the chancellor of UVA and all those VIP's, but us common folks,...see it as money that could be put into a place everyone will visit. When I "explored" the place over 15 years ago,...it was in bad shape then.
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