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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy Abercrombie, post: 24613886, member: 92655&quot;]I was a transplanted southerner. The US Army dropped me off here in 1983. I loved the warmth and openly polite nature of the southern folks and being in the heart of such an historic part of the country, I knew I had found my new home. I been proud to call myself a southerner ever since.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found my way into construction during my new life as a southern boy. Directly in the heart of the city was the old confederate printing plant and it looked much like the photo below when I arrived here.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1564582[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Being an important historic building this was the state of the building since the close of the war between the states. Needless to say it was quite the eyesore and was shelter to many of the seedier sides of downtown life. Then the city decided to do a major downtown overhaul... By the luck of the draw, I became intimately involved in the renovation of this old building into a Publix grocery store in the early 2000&#039;s. I had hoped that during the demolition phase of the project that maybe some historic relics would turn up... Alas, that was not to be. Now the confederate printing building looks like this post renovation</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1564583[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Since that time, I have had a fascination with confederate notes that came from this building. And thanks to [USER=103066]@Evan Saltis[/USER] I have added one of the finer specimens to my humble confederate note collection. Thanks, Evan.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1564584[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1564585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And an enlargement showing this bill was printed in this building.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1564586[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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