Gate, in image above left, painted white to match hallway behind courtroom. Beyond the gate, another hallway, above right, plain but also neatly painted. | |||
Leaving that stairway and stepping through another doorway, above right, reveals the unrestored aspect of other parts of the building -- the ex-jail and living quarters from the bygone era of on-site resident courthouse custodians.
Click any image above for a still larger version. By Gerald Schultz.
The ex-jail and the former living quarters are not part of the restoration program. Those unrestored parts of the building are outside the mandate of those agencies. However, to their and their staffs' credit, they demonstrate commendable civic interest in providing what information and assistance they can to researchers studying the history of the ex-jail and former living quarters. |