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(in an area which the county has designated for future commercial growth), but owner Gibson Whorton wanted an “exhorbitant amount, and it’s not as good a location,” Mrs. Jamieson said. “Others offered us less land for $60,000 to $80,000,” but the library board didn’t want to be buying property for ‘the most anyone’s ever paid in Rappahannock County for acreage,” she added.
As to what will happen to the old church, “the building belongs to the Library Board of Trustees,” noted county administrator John McCarthy. “What they do with it is up to them.”
“There are some good ideas afoot,” Mrs. Jamieson assured Mr. Irwin.
“We’ve had offers that would keep it the way it is,” Mrs. Sims added. “But we do need to sell it. We need the money [for the new building].”
“Make no mistake: with property and existing buildings in town at a premium, clearly the Board of Supervisors is concerned [with what happens to the current library],” Mr. McCarthy added.
“I don’t think it’s the job of this commission to determine what they’re going to do with the building. We can’t dictate to them. . .Our job is to approve or disapprove this proposed library site," said Commissioner Bob Anderson.
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