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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.
IN THIS WEEK'S ENDANGERED
INDIANA SERIES, WE GO TO ONE OF

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INDIANA'S OLDEST JAILS THAT
OFFICIALLY CLOSED ITS DOORS
AFTER 125 YEARS IN MARCH.
DESIGNED BY ONE OF THE STATE'S

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MOST CELEBRATED ARCHITECTS THAT
ALSO BUILT THE INDIANA STATE
CAPITOL, THIS JAIL AND SHERIFF'S
RESIDENCE IS ONE OF ONLY TWO

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NATIONAL REGISTER-LISTED
STRUCTURES IN ALL OF TIPTON
COUNTY.
BUT NOW IT'S FACING DEMOLITION.

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AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM
TIPTON.
>> CONCRETE FLOORS, STEEL BEDS,

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AND BARS. WOULDN'T LEAVE YOU
WITH THE WARM AND FUZZIES,
SCARY.
>> NOT THE WORD SOMEBODY WOULD

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USE FOR A BUILDING THEY WANT TO
SAVE. THE BUILDING IS STEEPED IN
HISTORY, A LANDMARK IN A
TOWN...STARVED FOR ARCHITECTURAL

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TIES TO ITS PAST.
>> WE HAVE SO FEW BUILDINGS HERE
LEFT IN OUR COUNTY, THAT ARE
ACTUALLY HISTORICAL

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SIGNIFICANCE. IT WAS THE LAST
OPERATING SHERIFFS RESIDENCE AND
JAIL IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.
>> BUT THAT HISTORIC RUN CAME TO

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AN END EARLIER THIS YEAR.
>> THEY MADE THE DECISION TO
BUILD A NEW JAIL SEVERAL YEARS
AGO, AND THAT CONSTRUCTION JUST

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COMPLETED, AND THEY MOVED ALL
THE PRISONERS FROM THE STRUCTURE
INTO THE NEW JAIL. SO THIS ONE
BECAME VACANT.

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>> AND TIPTON RESIDENTS ARE
DETERMINED TO SAVE IT.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE.
MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL WOODWORK IS

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STILL INTACT, WITH A BEAUTIFUL
FIREPLACE, WOOD MANTLE STILL
THERE, THERE ARE SOME ORIGINAL
ELECTRIC FIXTURES.

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>> THIS IS THE UPSTAIRS OF THE
SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE.
>> AT THE END OF THE 19th
CENTURY, SEVERAL STATE

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GOVERNMENTS, ESPECIALLY MIDWEST
REQUIRED SHERIFFS TO LIVE NEXT
DOOR TO THE JAIL.
>> IN THE CASE OF TIPTON COUNTY,

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THE SHERIFF RESIDENCE WAS
ATTACHED TO THE JAIL, WHEN THIS
RESIDENCE OPENED IN 1895, IT WAS
LIVED IN ALL THE WAY TO 2006.

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>> IT TELLS US WHAT LIFE WAS
LIKE IN THE 1890S, AND THE EARLY
1900s, ONCE TREASURES LIKE THAT
ARE GONE, THEY'RE GONE FOREVER.

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IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO TRY
TO REPRODUCE A BUILDING LIKE
THIS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT TURNED

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INTO SOMETHING THAT THE
COMMUNITY CAN COME THROUGH,
MAYBE TAKE PART IN SOME TYPE OF
RETAIL EXPERIENCE, THAT ALSO

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EXPOSES THEM TO A DISPLAY OF OUR
PAST. WE ALL CAN LEARN FROM
WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN OUR
HISTORY AND WHERE WE CAME FROM.