FINCASTLE — A building of historical significance in Fincastle near the site of the $36 million courthouse replacement project was demolished last month, but will eventually be memorialized by replica buildings just a short distance away.

The Museum Building, which once housed the law office of James Breckenridge and the Western Hotel, was originally set to be moved and preserved. Upon further inspection, though, several experts came to the conclusion that the building wouldn’t survive such a move. It would essentially have been like “moving a sandcastle,” Botetourt County Capital Projects Manager Rich Evans said.

The county government released a video in June in which Paul Whitney with Jamerson-Lewis Construction Inc. detailed the deteriorating condition of the brick used to construct

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