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Collinsville,
Oklahoma
July
12, 2012
Fairgrounds
Happenings
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One
Building Was Planned for Demolition / One Had Just Been Painted /
One Had Unexpected Roof Collapse
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Ted Wright -- last update 7/12/2012 (FairGroundsJuly2012.html)
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Copyright 2012 -- Collinsville, Oklahoma
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Looking
Good -- The Depot Museum received a new coat of contrasting paint
and a new air conditioner / heater recently.
Looking
Gone -- The former
4-H / Senior Citizens / temporary City Hall Building will likely be gone by
the end of this week.
Looking
For Help -- The
Veterans Building suffered a collapsed roof Saturday. Although city commissioners
took an initial (safety / stabilization) step to saving the historic building
at an emergency session yesterday (Wed. July 11th), the final estimate and decision
to re-roof the structure is still pending.
It is certainly my hope the memorial to our veterans will be saved and restored
to once again be a gathering place for the community.
-- Ted Wright 7/12/2012
The
city commission met July 11th in City Hall (Collinsville's prime example of
a saved historic building). They listened to Robert Stark describe the issues
and plan to stabilize the Veterans Building before awarding an emergency contract
to remove the dangling roof before further damage to the walls occurred and
brace the walls pening a re-roof decision. (L-R facing Mr Stark are Dee Sink,
Larry Shafer, Phil Stowell, Herb Weaver, Ken Underwood, Bud York & Brad
Francis).
Contrasting
Roofs -- The Veterans
Building remaining roof (background) and likely the last photo of the roof of
the 4-H-Sr-Citizens Building (foreground) look similar now but hopefully the
end results will be different.
The
former 4-H / Senior Citizens / temporary City Hall building at the Fairgrounds
is being demolished this week. The building was damaged by fire in August 2011.
The building was moved here in 1974 by the Fair Board and served a variety functions
including City Hall after the Dec. 2001 City Hall fire.
Tr-County
Fair In August Will Be Using West Main Event Center To Compensate For Two
Missing Building
The
stone on the Veterans Building pleads it's own case this week.
Note:
The caboose is also slated for new paint soon.
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