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26 acres auctioned off in downtown Six Mile

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

SIX MILE — A large chunk of downtown real estate in Six Mile was auctioned off at town hall last month, drawing a large crowd, according to Mayor Roy Stoddard.
Interstate Auction Company held the absolute auction for properties, a total of 26 acres, owned by Six Mile LLC. The properties had been owned by a single family for nearly 100 years. The auction was held to liquidate the assets of Six Mile LLC.
“The place was packed,” Stoddard said.
The auction drew more than a hundred people.
Some bids were even taken over the phone.
“It was big time — they had one auctioneer who did nothing but the phone,” Stoddard said.
Before the auction opened, the town was able to purchase 8.5 acres of property for $125,000.
Stoddard said the town was very fortunate to be able to purchase the property.
“That’s right in the heart of our downtown area,” he said. “It’s nice to be able to control what’s going to take place in an area.”
The family that owned the property had allowed the town to use it for years, Stoddard said.
“For our festivities, the Issaqueena Festival, Christmas parade, you name it,” he said. “A parking and staging area. They put up kids’ inflatables and let the kids play there. It was just neat the way they allowed us to do that.”
The town would like “if at all possible” to restore the Dillard House, the white house that sits on the purchased property, Stoddard said.
“We’d have to have help,” Stoddard said. “That’s the idea, to make it kind of a showplace, maybe a museum down the road. We’ve got our ideas. We’re still germinating, still trying to pull things together.”
Stoddard doesn’t know yet what the new owners plan to do with their new purchases, which include the former site of a restaurant.
One couple who purchased several of the auctioned properties are business owners in another part of Pickens County, so Stoddard hopes they will use their new purchases for retail in the town.
“We’re excited,” Stoddard said. “We think that it will really help the town. We’re looking for big things in Six Mile.”