THOMASVILLE — The E-911 building in the 100 block of South Crawford Street will be vacated in 2015, when the agency moves into new quarters. Future use remains unknown.

Although E-911 is a Thomas County government agency, the structure is not owned outright by county government, and it adjoins a City of Thomasville agency and building.

A service station that used to be at the intersection of South Crawford and Remington Avenue was demolished. Thomas County and Thomasville government paid $100,000 for former service station property — .78 acres — in 1982.

At that time, city government owned two tracts on the property, totaling slightly more than one acre — sites of the municipal auditorium, city hall, fire department and a parking lot.

“The 911 building actually crosses the property line,” said Mike Stephenson, Thomas County manager.

A portion of the parking lot, the E-911 building and a small portion of the third Thomasville Fire/Rescue bay are on property owned by the city and county.

The E-911 center was built in the early 2000s. The new building, at 6,000-plus square feet, will more than double the size of the current structure.

A decision has not been made about what will become of the E-911 building when the new center is completed.

“We have had some discussions with the city. They said they may have some uses for it,” Stephenson said.

Thomasville Mayor Max Beverly said space problems in nearby Thomasville Fire/Rescue could possibly be solved with acquisition of the E-911 building.

City and county governments are not in conflict about the building, the mayor said.

Both governmental entities are obtaining appraisals on the property, said county Commissioner Wiley Grady, commission public properties committee chairman.

If county government retains the property, another county office, such as the public defender, would be housed there.

“Or we could negotiate with the city to purchase our interest,” Grady said.

Senior reporter Patti Dozier can be reached at (229) 226-2400, ext. 1820.