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An old building constructed in the 1930s at Camp Kiwanis in Beaver Creek Park stands at the camp Tuesday. Park Superintendent Chad Edgar told the Hill County Park Board that the building, generally unused for years except for storage, will be torn down likely next week.
A ramshackle old building in Beaver Creek Park's Camp Kiwanis is scheduled to be razed, park Superintendent Chad Edgar said during Monday night's Hill County Park Board meeting.
LT Construction won the contract for the teardown at about $1,400, Edgar said, adding it may happen as soon as next week.
The building, which used to house the park caretakers, was built sometime in the 1930s, Edgar said Tuesday, but hasn't been inhabited since the '50s or '60s.
"It's been there a long time," he said.
Lately, it had been used for storage, tires and things of that sort, Edgar said.
Estimating it to be about 600 square feet, Edgar said that, at one point, it housed a family of five. Although it has a fireplace, Edgar said it might have been hard to keep warm in the winter since the house doesn't seem to have ever been very well-insulated.
It had gone through a few phases before ending up with tires in it, and ultimately, an eyesore for Edgar, he said.
On the ceiling, Edgar said, are names that have been spray painted by employees of the park over the years. He said he might spray paint his name on there before it comes down.
Edgar said he doesn't know of any plans to replace the wooden building with any other kind of structure. He said a road grader will probably be parked in its place.
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