Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Mystery behind a single story house in Laurel, Mississippi.

This news article will explain some brief history about the single story house on 52 Hoy Green Acres Circle. What is now a just a concrete foundation on vacant land was once home to a single story brick house. Today nothing else remains besides debris and trash.

This house was built in 1978 as a single story brick house that was 1,066 square feet. The house was built over a slab foundation. No basement ever existed. The lot size was 11,250 square feet. A majority of the houses in the Hoy Green Acres neighborhood near Laurel Housing Authority were built in the mid-1970s specifically in the year 1976. This house was no exception. (Ref: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/52-Hoy-Green-Acres-Cir-Laurel-MS-39443/78029730_zpid/)

Zillow.com claims the house was last sold in June 2006 for $10. However according to the listings for Hoy Green Acres Circle on beenverified.com, the house last sold for $6,000 dollars and the property tax was $116.6 per year. This home had been owned by 8 residents according to the listing for Hoy Green Acres Circle on the Spokeo website and database.

(Ref: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/52-Hoy-Green-Acres-Cir-Laurel-MS-39443/78029730_zpid/)
(Ref: https://www.beenverified.com/property/ms/laurel/hoy-green-acres-cir-residences/)
(Ref: https://www.spokeo.com/MS/Laurel/52-Hoy-Green-Acres-Cir)


This house appeared to be in dilapidated condition due to patches on the roof according to a 2007 aerial map. It is possible the house was already abandoned by 2007. (Ref: 2007 aerial map of Laurel, Mississippi on NETR Historic Aerials website)

According to a 2009 aerial map, the house had apparently burned down to the ground in a mysterious fire. Exact causes for this fire are unknown. What is known is all that was left of this home was portions of brick walls and a slab foundation after the fire. Whatever structures left were apparently demolished during the same year. (Ref: 2009 aerial map of Laurel, Mississippi on NETR Historic Aerials website)

All that remained in 2010 was the slab foundation that was used to support this home. Scattered debris and nature now take place of the lot. Vegetation has grown over the brick walls. Debris left over from demolition still remains. Chunks of brick can be found lying around this vacant lot.

All that remains today is a slab foundation and the lot itself. A person named R. Jones currently owns the vacant lot. (Ref: https://www.spokeo.com/MS/Laurel/52-Hoy-Green-Acres-Cir)

Address for this vacant lot is 52 Hoy Green Acres Circle, Laurel, Mississippi, US 39443.

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