George Bonner Jr. House

90 East Main Street

This Gothic Revival brick cross-wing home, located at 90 East Main, was built in 1877 by John Watkins for George Bonner Jr. and his bride, Phebie Annette Alexander. The Bonners lived in the house until their deaths in 1913 and 1944.

 Several businesses have taken over the former residences along Main Street in Midway. This home passed out of the Bonner family in about 1997. Around 2005-06, the home was upgraded and converted to office space.

Such reuse of fine old buildings is considered an excellent example of the “Green” movement with an energy savings of up to 46% over a tear down and construction of a new building. These “Green” savings include the energy necessary to tear down an original structure and remove the debris and the energy and costs of collecting and manufacturing the new materials, bringing them to the job site, and erecting a new building. It would take up to 50 years for any energy sources built into a new building to cover these energy differences and (Co2 etc.) between the reuse of an old building and the replacement with a new structure. In this case, it also helped preserve the historic architecture of Bonner’s Corners.

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