ANGRY LOCAL: So the 'historic renovation' of the heirloom hotel laurel ms is finally done, and what did they do? Painted the original 1920s brick white and slapped a $400-a-night price tag on it. Common sense says if you wanted a colonial mansion, you should have bought one instead of ruining a perfectly good piece of our town’s history. They even ripped out the old hand-carved banister and replaced it with plastic that looks like it came from a Christmas cracker. Locals are furious because we all remember this place as the building where kids would buy penny candy from the old pharmacy corner. Now it’s just a playground for tourists who don’t care about our past. Who in their right mind approved this mess? SaveOurHistory LaurelMS CommonSenseFail

ANGRY LOCAL: So the 'historic renovation' of the heirloom hotel laurel ms is finally done, and what did they do? Painted the original 1920s brick white and slapped a $400-a-night price tag on it. Common sense says if you wanted a colonial mansion, you should have bought one instead of ruining a perfectly good piece of our town’s history. They even ripped out the old hand-carved banister and replaced it with plastic that looks like it came from a Christmas cracker. Locals are furious because we all remember this place as the building where kids would buy penny candy from the old pharmacy corner. Now it’s just a playground for tourists who don’t care about our past. Who in their right mind approved this mess? #SaveOurHistory #LaurelMS #CommonSenseFail