PICKENS — A piece of history came crashing down on Thursday with the demolition of the Bradley Boggs House on Main Street in downtown Pickens.
The home, believed to have built sometime in the 1850’s was widely believed to be one of the oldest homes in the county, built at the original site of Pickens near the Keowee River.
The house was moved to it’s current location in 1868, according to local historians.
The house was once owned by Maj. David Franklin Bradley who fought in the Civil War, was a state legislator and a founder of Pickens County’s oldest continuously operating business — The Pickens Sentinel (now The Sentinel-Progress.)
According to records, the Boggs family bought the home in 1913.
Eighty-four years later, in 1997, the house was purchased for $45,000 by the Pickens Jaycees. When the chapter closed in 2003 — the house was once again empty.
The City of Pickens eventually condemned the property and it was put up for auction. Current owner Charles Monks applied for a demolition permit earlier this year citing it would cost $1.4 million to restore.
It has been reported Monks has hopes to open a brewery at the location.
