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moved” without falling apart, he said, explaining that when its cohcrete foundation was poured it was done around the existing building. To move it, he said, will require cutting it out of the foundation.
Its only function now is to house the jail’s backup generator, and when the addition is built that will be moved underneath the porch which faces Mt. Salem Ave. “We’d be perfectly happy to give it to anyone, but like I said it may not survive the move,” he added.
Mrs. Willis requested that when the county chooses the brick and mortar colors for the addition that the mason assemble some bricks near the building. “That’s the only way to tell if it will match,” she explained.
She also asked that the shutters on the addition be of the same thickness and weight as the ones on the existing structure; again to match the original as closely as possible.
And, Mrs. Willis and Mrs. Miller requested that the mason look at other historic buildings in the town before facing the foundation with fieldstone. They should be, Mrs. Willis suggested, “crudely set stone, not lined up - trying to be so neat that it looks prefab and set in.”
In defense of the practical use of the building, Mr. McCarthy replied, “it’s got to hold three floors.”
“It’s just as strong,” Mrs. Miller said, “It’s just the correct versus the incorrect way to do it.”
Mrs. Miller asked if any thought had been given to bringing the addition out into the yard, toward the clerk’s office. That would screen the jail’s exercise yard, she suggested.
That option, Mr. McCarthy replied, was nev^r seriously considered.
Mr. McCarthy requested that the board advise him as soon as possible about the recommendation of their consultant so that the county’s
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