oledo firefighters are shown on the scene after the collapse of the west front portion of a building at 119 West High St. shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday Sept. 1. No injuries were reported after the west portion of the second story of the building fell into the adjacent alley. News-Herald photos/John Speer

A family with four young girls and residents of an adjacent apartment were all unharmed when a portion of a downtown Toledo building collapsed on Monday night, Sept. 1.

Toledo Police said an inspection of the building and those adjacent in the 100 block of West High Street downtown will be conducted to determine if there is any danger of more problems.

That inspection was completed on Tuesday and it was determined the new store, Price right Treasures, adjacent to the damaged building, cannot not be in operation until the building qt 119 West High is torn down city officials said Wednesday afternoon.

A portion of the two-story downtown Toledo business at 119 West High collapsed into the adjacent north-south alley.

Corey and Sabrina Brown had just moved with their family of four young girls into the second floor apartment of the building. Corey and the girls ages 8, 5, 2 and an infant were at home when the wall fell. All were able to escape unharmed. Corey said he was working in the area at the time and the girls were asleep in the rear portion of the building which did not fall. The children’s mother, Sabrina, said she was at a gas station at the moment of the collapse.

Rodney and Georgia Keraghan, who live in the second-floor apartment of the adjacent building at 115 West High were also unharmed but were directed not to return to the apartment Monday night by firefighters. Georgia said the collapse sounded like “thunder” while her son, Rodney, said he was asleep and not awakened.

The Browns had recently relocated their Fueled Restaurant business from the adjacent building to the 119 West High location.

Doug and Mel Price have just opened their Priced Right Treasures Store at the 115 West High as reported in the Sept. 3 issue of The Toledo Chronicle.

The Browns said they had some insurance on the property but were unsure of the extent of the coverage.

Firefighters, Toledo Police and city public works employees blocked the street parking in front of the buildings which remained closed on Wednesday.

The damaged building cvan be remembered as the location of Carter Jewelry in the 1950s and 60s operated by Leonard Carter and then by Chester Bearden. It then hosued the Toledo office of Marshallotwn savings and loan for a number of years.

It was then remodeled for use briefly as an investment center.. the building has been vacant since.