A new development is going up on Butte's South Side, but first the last standing reminder of a historic school is torn down.

Early on Friday morning, not much remained of Longfellow School on Wynne Avenue which is being taken down so a new residential development can go up.

Marc Snow of Smith Contracting says explosives were set and the implosion occurred at 10:05 a.m.

Experts were brought in from Intermountain West Energy of Whitehall to set the explosives and a Snow says a small crowd gathered to watch the implosion.

He also says several residents and former teachers stopped by to salvage a piece of the building before it was completely torn down.

The owner of the property, Guy Ossello who plans to build single or multi family homes on the site.

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