Mahanoy approves emergency demo of former beer distributor
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Mahanoy City Code Enforcement Officer Bill Killian, left, and Police Patrolman Rachael Lenar look over the collapse damage at the former Sheehan and Sons distributor on July 4, 2020.
MAHANOY CITY – A partially-collapsed building dating back to this borough’s formative years will be demolished in the coming days.
Mahanoy City Borough Council approved the emergency demolition of the former Sheehan and Sons beer distributor at Main and Maple Streets moments ago.
The beer distributor suffered a partial collapse in the early morning hours of July 4, prompting the closure of a block of both Main and Maple.
The building is owned by Goldstein Couriers, LLC, of Baltimore, Maryland, a company Bill Killian, borough code enforcement officer, said is defunct.
“Multiple violations, multiple citations, they’ve never answered,” Killian said at the time of the collapse.
The building was a posted as a do not enter property by the fire department in October of 2019, and has been neglected for years, fire officials said.
Council President Tom McCabe motioned to accept a bid from Mr. Z Contracting, Shenandoah, at a cost of $23,500. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Pat Mullins, passing unanimously.
According to the Mahanoy Area Historical Society, the building was originally built in September of 1863, three months before Mahanoy City’s incorporation, as St. Paul’s German Reformed Church.
In the early 1900s, the building became Eagle Brother’s Shirt Factory until the late 1940s, when the garment manufacturer moved to the west end.
The building last housed the Sheehan and Sons Beer Distributor until 2015.
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