The cobblestone and brick home on 521 Warren Avenue in unincorporated DeKalb County has withered away with time.
From appearances, it looks as though no one has lived there for years. After 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, no one will ever live there again because the property is being torn down by DeKalb County officials.
The demolition is part of the county’s $3.8 million effort to rid itself of dilapidated properties. CEO Mike Thurmond allocated the funds at the beginning of 2017.
A 2008 view of the home via Google Maps.
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The Warren Avenue property is 13th property demolished by the county this year, DeKalb spokesman Andrew Cauthen said in an email to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The last property the county demolished was a Stone Mountain home in October.
Built in 1935, the Warren Avenue home was last sold in December 2007, according to online property records. The AJC hasn’t reported on any violent crimes at the home in the past year.
A 2014 view of the home via Google Maps.
DeKalb County hasn’t said how many blighted properties have been or are expected to be demolished this year, but one property of note is on the list for next year: the notorious Brannon Hill condominiums.
Forty units are expected to be torn down at the condos in 2019, Cauthen previously told The AJC. At least 150 units have already been introduced to a bulldozer.
The crime-ridden condos were in such disarray that a DeKalb County Superior Court Judge granted a court order in 2016 allowing the county to demolish four burned buildings on the property.
Last month, Shaniqua Law, 41, was fatally stabbed on Nov. 21 inside a vacant building there. No one has been arrested in the case.
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