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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA BROUGHT TO YOU
BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR
CONDITIONING AND PLUMBING. THE

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MAN FOR ALL SEASONS CHAPMAN.
CHAPMAN HEATING.COM.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
WE'VE TAKEN YOU ON A STATEWIDE

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TOUR OF NEARLY EVERY PLACE ON
THIS YEAR'S INDIANA LANDMARKS 10
MOST ENDANGERED LIST AS PART OF
OUR ‘ENDANGERED INDIANA'

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SERIES.
THIS WEEK- OUR SECOND TO LAST
STOP - BATESVILLE, INDIANA -
WHERE OUR AROUND INDIANA

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REPORTER MARY-RACHEL REDMAN MAY
HAVE FOUND THE FIRST RESCUE OF
2020.
>> FOR NEARLY A

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CENTURY-AND-A-HALF, BATESVILLE
WAS HOME TO ONE OF THE TOP
FURNITURE MAKERS IN AMERICA. THE
ROMWEBER FURNITURE JUST BECAUSE

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IT WAS ALL HAND MADE SOLID WOOD
CONSTRUCTION, VERY WELL KNOWN
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
>> ROMWEBER FURNITURE HAS GRACED

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THE HOMES OF FORMER PRESIDENTS,
VARIOUS SAUDI ROYAL FAMILIES AND
EVEN NOTORIOUS MAFIA.
>> IT WAS FLOURISHING, A LOT OF

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SALESMEN BROUGHT A LOT OF WORK
BACK TO OUR CARVERS.
>> THE ROMWEBER ARE REALLY WHY
BATESVILLE IS ON THE MAP. YOU

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SEE THE FURNITURE, IT IS LIKE NO
OTHER. GREAT OVERDRAMATIC VINES
OR VIKING TOUCHES. PEOPLE CAME
HERE FOR THE FURNITURE, CAME

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HERE FOR THE ROMWEBER NAME.
>> WHICH MAKES THIS HOME, BUILT
IN 1911 BY THE FOUNDER OF THE
ROMWEBER FURNITURE COMPANY A

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TREASURED PIECE OF BATESVILLE'S
PAST THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS
FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR.
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SEVERAL

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DIFFERENT EARLY 20TH CENTURY
STYLES ALL WRAPPED INTO ONE.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT
TO BE ON OUR LIST, NOT ONLY

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BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE TO
BATESVILLE HISTORY, BUT AS AN
ARCHITECTURAL PIECE HERE. IT'S
SO UNIQUE.

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>> AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, ANTHONY
ROMWEBER SET OUT TO MAKE HIS
BATESVILLE HOME A MAJOR
STATEMENT, AND THAT IT DID, SO

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MUCH SO OVER 100 YEARS LATER IT
CAUGHT THE EYE OF A BUYER IN
INDIANA, JUST THIS LAST
SEPTEMBER WHO PLANS TO USE THE

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ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS TO
COMPLETELY REFURBISH THE HOME TO
ITS ORIGINAL GLORY.
>> IT CAUGHT SOMEONE'S EYE, LIKE

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WE HOPED, CASTING THAT NET
REALLY WIDE FOR OUR PRESERVATION
MINDED AUDIENCE, IT'S
UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT HAPPENED SO

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QUICKLY, AGAIN, RIGHT PLACE,
RIGHT TIME, AND PUTTING THE
OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE IS WHAT
MADE IT HAPPEN. SO I'M SO

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THANKFUL IT WAS LISTED AND I'M
SO THANKFUL FOR THE NEW OWNER
WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND TURN
THE CLOCK BACK AND BRING BACK

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ALL THE CHARACTER THAT IT HAS.
>> ANTHONY'S HOME, THE
WORKMANSHIP, THE DETAIL, JUST
THE BEAUTY OF IT, THAT IS ALL A

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PART OF OUR HISTORY. AND YOU
LEARN FROM YOUR HISTORY, AND YOU
NEED TO SAVE YOUR HISTORY FOR