After looking over First Street for more than 100 years, the Fred Harvey Building is coming down. Bulldozers could be seen Wednesday morning, beginning demolition work on the remaining multistory building on the property that once served as a carbonation and bottling plant. The building was part of the larger Fred Harvey Farm Complex, which Fred Harvey moved to Newton and used to supply his famous Harvey Houses up and down the rail line that passes nearby. The City of Newton stated the owner of the property took out a demolition permit on Monday for the property and has begun razing the structure. The location of the structure is zoned industrial. The Harvey County Government website currently lists Builders Concrete and Supply of Newton as the owners of the property.
Source: Harvey County Now
