Crown Point Historic Preservation Board approves $16,000 façade grant and final downtown payment; approves invoice list

Crown Point City nd its Historic Preservation Board on Oct. 31 approved a $16,000 façade grant payment for repairs to a south-side wall at 105 North Court Street and authorized a final façade payment for work at 219–221 North Main Street, and approved an invoice payment list, all by voice vote during the board meeting.

Owner Alyssa Bowen told the board she is the owner of the property at 105 (listed in the application as 105 North Court Street) and said a windstorm earlier this summer blew the coping off the top of the south brick wall, exposing deteriorated brick and allowing water into the gym. "My name is Alyssa. I'm owner of the 105 North Fourth Street, on the Square Sports Academy," Bowen said, describing the damage and the repair work under way. She said contractor RCO Masonry removed the top 4 feet of a 120-foot wall and is installing about 960 square feet of new brick, adding clay tile coping and tuckpointing and completing water sealing.

Board staff told the board they discovered a prior…