The squat, white structure located on East Second Street known as the Coca-Cola Building, met its demise Tuesday morning as it was razed to make space for a new Westlake Ace Hardware Garden Center.
The building, which was established in 1915 by Herman T. Doerries, had been used in recent years by Westlake for storage when spring nights were too cold for their garden center plants to be left unsheltered.
But according to Westlake General Manager Nick Niedergerke, the building had suffered water damage over the years and had become a hazard, thus leading to the demolition.