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By SUSAN ERLER | Monday, November 04, 1991 | (No comments posted.)
CROWN POINT - Renovation of the Old Sheriff's House on South Main Street
isn't moving as quickly as its benefactors had hoped, but work on the
108-year-old building is progressing.
John Heidbreder, president of the Old Sheriff's House Foundation, said
several skilled laborer's unions that had volunteered to work on the building
are cooperating. "They just aren't doing it as fast as we had hoped," he said.
Carpenters are due to come out to the site at 226 S. Main St. this week,
Heidbreder said. Most of the sheet metal work on the building has been done by
one of the unions, he said.
Several unions agreed to donate about $40,000 worth of work several years
ago so that the foundation could meet a criteria for federal funds.
"The progress is just very slow," said Marietta Whitehead, foundation
treasurer. The unions at various times have set dates to begin work and then
"have seemed to renege," she said.
Work on the roof has been donated by the Charles Gluth Co., and some of the
electrical work inside has been donated by another local contractor, Whitehead
said.
The foundation will pay for a considerable amount of masonry work on the
outside of the building, she said.
Earlier this year, the foundation was notified that it received a matching
grant from the Department of Natural Resources, which will be used to renovate
the porch and cornices.
The $5,000 federal grant comes from the U.S. Department of the Interior and
is administered by the state's Division of Historic Preservation and
Archaeology. It will be used to repair and paint the west porch, corner and
gutter.
The group plans to meet in a week to clean up debris from inside the
building, Whitehead said.
The foundation bought the building along with the adjoining jail a year ago
from Bank One of Merrillville after paying $14,316 in back taxes.
The Sheriff's house and 42 feet of the adjoining jail are destined to become
professional office suites, with the remainder of the jail to be razed for a
parking lot.
While the cornice and porch work must be done by June to satisfy federal
requirements, there is no set schedule for the rest of the work, Heidbreder
said.
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