Courthouse Originally Slated For Demolition to Be Renovated
Indiana’s Randolph County officials are making plans to renovate a courthouse that had been marked for demolition.
The plan outlined by Commissioner David Lenkensdofer sets a 34-month timeline for restoring the county courthouse.
Lenkensdofer laid out the timeline at a joint meeting Saturday of the county council and commissioners.
Commissioners once had favored tearing down the 130-year-old building and possibly moving county employees into a former Wal-Mart store, but reversed that decision last spring under opposition highlighted by a seminude calendar featuring female members of a local bridge club.
Officials are uncertain how much renovating the courthouse will cost. Previous estimates for varying degrees of restoration and construction solicited in 2005 ranged from $4.7 million to $9.6 million.
While officials discussed the possibility of adding on to the building, former county council member Bill Terrell, who lost his seat last year, said that idea still had some opposition.
"When you proposed the idea of an annex ... people did not want to see that put on there," Terrell said. "They haven't changed their mind."
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