The 120-year-old Gardner-Grifth house in the historic residential area north of Eatonton’s downtown recently underwent a lengthy, floor-to-roof renovation that brought it from derelict to debonair.
Johnny Holt says he first took notice of 307 Wayne St. about 30 years ago when it was just another old house taking up space about a quarter mile north of downtown Eatonton.
“I just always loved it because I could see what it could be. So I looked into it a few times, but it was just never for sale,” Holt says. “Then it sat vacant for about 15 years until one time about a year-and-a-half ago I drov…