"Gaston County commissioners on Thursday voted to offer Preservation North Carolina an option to purchase the historic hospital building in the Highland community. If federal tax credits can be secured next August to aid the project, the county will sell the hospital to the nonprofit for a nominal fee of $10.

"Preservation North Carolina would then place a historic easement on the structure and enlist the help of The Landmark Group of Winston-Salem in converting it into 75 senor housing units.

"If successful, it could be an eye-opening transformation for the 65-year-old eyesore at 401 N. Highland St. Situated at the Mauney Street intersection, it has been vacant for years and lurks like a decaying brick monstrosity over the neighborhood, officials say."

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Gaston Gazette (10/30/2010)