The buildings that housed Reclamation Brewing, Sir Speedy and Edward Jones Investments remain boarded up on Wednesday.

The building in downtown Butler where investigators believe a fire started and resulted in damages to several neighboring businesses Jan. 30 will be demolished, the owner said.

The heavily damaged building at 229 S. Main St. that housed the Sir Speedy printing shop will be demolished, but the adjoining building at 231 S. Main St. that housed Edward Jones Investments will be repaired, said James Taylor, owner of Taylor's Country Court Properties LLC of West Sunbury.

Taylor said the Sir Speedy building will be torn down and that work could start after an inspection of the site that is scheduled to take place next week.

The Edward Jones building, which had smoke and water damage, will be repaired.

“As of now, I'm planning on rebuilding,” Taylor said.

The fate of the building on the other side of Sir Speedy, at 221 S. Main St. — which housed Reclamation Brewing, which also had smoke and water damage — is unknown. Building owner Reed Enterprise of Butler Township could not be reached for comment.A fourth business, Miller's Shoes at 215 S. Main St., sustained water damage. Co-owner Jim Chiprean said he is planning to reopen the family business after their insurance company settles their claim. He said the store still smells like smoke.Trooper DuWayne Baird, a state police deputy fire marshal who is investigating the fire, said representatives of the property owners' insurance companies arranged a joint inspection of the damaged properties in early March to document and review the damages, and he was asked to attend.Such an inspection is a normal step in a fire investigation. Even though he said his investigation is just about complete, the inspection could lead to additional interviews with people or additional investigation.Baird said the cause of the fire and the exact point of origin remain unknown, but the owner of the Sir Speedy business told him that he was in the building about a half-hour before the fire was reported and left two space heaters running in two restrooms at the rear of the building to prevent water pipes from freezing.“It doesn't mean it's suspicious,” Baird said. “I don't know if space heaters caused the fire. Other stuff was plugged in also. There's too many unknowns to say what caused it at this point.”Sir Speedy owner William Longstreth said he often left the space heaters running to prevent water pipes in the building from freezing.At 64 years of age, and having run the shop for about 30 years, Longstreth said he isn't planning to reopen at another location.