NEWS

JANUARY 2010                             

 FISHER BUILDING HISTORY SAVED FROM FIRE

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ALL NINE NEWS HAS ALREADY REPORT ON THE SMALL FIRE QUICLY EXTINGUISHED OAT THE WOOD FRAME BUILDING ON THE 2200 BLOCK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE IN LIBERTY. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED BY EMPLOYEES OF NEARBY TOWER AUTOPLEX. FIRE FIGHTER S MADE SURE THE BLAZE IN THE BACK WALL WAS COMPLETELY OUT AND THEN EXTRACTED THE SMOKE FROM THE BUILDING. WE REPORTED THE BUILDING WAS THAT OF THE LATE CHARLES FISHER AND NEXT DOOR TO MR. FISHER’S LAW OFFICE. IT CONTAINS SOME INTERESTING LIBERTY COUNTY HISTORY. MR. FISHER’S SON, CHARLES III FILLED IN ON SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING THAT SOME MIGHT FIND INTERESTING.  That SMALL FRAME STRUCTURE was built in 1937 by A WELL KNOWN LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, Charles W. Fisher, Sr,. AT THE TIME IT WAS used to house A bottle collection AND OTHER ITEMS OF THE ORIGINAL MR. FISHER – A PROMINENT LIBERTY BUSINESSMAN.. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN REFERRED TO AS the "bottle room" BY THE FISHER FAMILY AND NOW IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE LAW OFFICE OF THE LATE CHARLES FISHER, JR. Originally THE BUILDING WAS located by the old Fisher Cotton Gin on the west side of San Jacinto St., near where the Tower Auto Plex CAR lot is today, THE BUILDING WAS moved to the location WHERE IT I NOW BACK in the 1960’s to make way for the new Highway 90.. WE CAN ADD THAT FOR A BRIEF PERIOD, AROUND 40 YEARS AGO, THE BUILDING SERVED AS ONE OF MANY LOCATIONS FOR THE OLD KPXE RADIO STATION. CHARLES FISHER III HAD HIGH PRAISE FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF TOWER AUTOPL;EX AND THE LIBERTY FIRE DEPARTMENT  for their quick response and in making sure the fire was completely extinguished before leaving the area. TO MANY IT IS JUST AN OLD WOOD FRAME BUILDING BUT IT ALSO IS A PIECE OF DOWN TOWN HISTORY OF LIBERTY. THE FISHER FAMILY IS HAPPY THAT FIRE DAMAGE ON THURSDAY IS MINIMAL, BECAUSE OF GOOD NEIGHBORS AND A GOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT.