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Owners, Indiana Landmarks and Lawrenceburg staff outline path to repairs for historic former post office
Summary
At the Historic Preservation Commission’s January meeting, city enforcement and Indiana Landmarks described a coordinated review process and the status of 10 proposed exterior repair scopes for the former post office at 13 Short Street; some scopes were approved, others denied, and several remain pending while the building remains classified as unsafe under state law.
At a January meeting of the Lawrenceburg City Historic Preservation Commission, city code enforcement and a representative of Indiana Landmarks walked commissioners through the review process for repairs at the former post office at 13 Short Street and summarized which proposed exterior changes the nonprofit had approved, denied or left pending.
The discussion matters because the property is both locally protected and subject to easements that transferred to Indiana Landmarks after a previous local holding board dissolved. ‘‘We are enforcing those covenants and easements,’’ said Mitchell Keneggar of Indiana Landmarks, explaining the nonprofit’s role and that it evaluates proposed work against local standards and the Secretary of the Interior’s Rehabilitation Guidelines.
Keneggar listed ten submitted scopes of work and their current status. He said scope 1…
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