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I received the following...


From: "Netta" (netta1_@_henderson.net)

http://shoulders_research.tripod.com/depot-main.htm
 
I would be interested in ANYTHING you might have or know about our Union Station Depot.  My site is not completed but
I'm working on it.  Please check it out.
 
The Henderson County Historical & Genealogical Society owned the building but being a non-profit organization we could not
drum up enough funds to get her restored.  So we decided after a long soul searching to give her to the City of Henderson so
that they could apply for the TEA21 Grants available.  One grant of $300,000 has been received but the City has yet to use the
money for the exterior renovations as it was applied for.
 
Right before the City took over ownership, they had a huge retention basin built in front of the Depot.  Now it seems according
to an engineering firm that the basin has caused a shift in the water levels and the Depot is starting to deteriorate fasting than ever
imagined.  Please see TheGleaner.com for articles regarding this.
 
A specialist out of Lexington evaluated our girl and said that she can still be saved but with the huge Riverfront Development
downtown, we're afraid that the City intends to move the Depot yet the grants needed have not been applied for.
 
I'm so afraid that the building will simply crumble and as you can see the history this building provides is unmeasureable.
 
Well thanks for listening.
 
Sincerely,
 
Netta Mullin
Vice President
Henderson Co. Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 303
Henderson, KY  42419-0303

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