Sunday, April 6 brought warmspring weather, greetings, and goodconversation at the HCJ Annual DinnerMeeting. Upon arrival at the McClungPark Pavilion, guests were greeted at thedoor by none other than the evening’skeynote speaker, “Thomas Jefferson.”Itwas the beginning to what would be avery entertaining evening. A winereception was followed by a deliciousmeal prepared by Argyle Catering.

Emcee Dick Preston, KRCG-TVbroadcaster, conducted the evening’sevents beginning with the previous yearin review. Retiring Board members werehonored: Sam Bushman, ConnieHubble and Deedie Bedosky, andtheir replacements: Mark Blume,Katherine Keil and Vicki Schildmey-er, who were nominated and elected.Awards were presented and two newThomas Lawson Price members wererecognized: Mozelle DeLong Bielskiand Jami Wade. Preston noted thepassing of three HCJ members who hadbeen closely involved in the HCJ

Annual Dinner Meeting DrawsRecord Attendance

May 2014Established 1983

Upcoming Events

May 16— JCCA presents “HalHolbrook in Mark Twain Tonight!”7 pm Miller Performing Arts Cen-ter

May 18— “Hidden Spaces, SecretPlaces Tour,” 1-5 pm DowntownJefferson City

June 4—Museum After Hours,“The Con & The Capitol RadioStation,” Bob Priddy, 7 pm Capitol

June 21—A 19th-Century Picnicto Celebrate 175th Birthday ofLohman Landing, 10 am - 4pm

June 25—“It’s Your History,”Behind-the-Scene collection @Riverside Collection facility, 5:30-6:30pm

August 17—HCJ “Summer So-cial in the Park” Celebrating theMoreau Dr Historic District, 4 pmMcClung Park

Visit our web site at www.historiccityofjefferson.org

mission and who will be certainly missed:Emma Stockard, Bob Van Ark, andD.J. Nash.

A record 145 quests were inattendance.

To top off the evening, the keynotespeaker for the evening, “Thomas Jeffer-son,” aka Bill Barker, strolled into theMcClung Park Pavilion to “hold forth” aconversation with us Jeffersonians.Barker, of Williamsburg, Virginia, isrecognized as the foremost Jeffersonimpersonator in the country. He left nodoubt that he knows the man, ThomasJefferson, our city’s namesake. He spokeeloquently of his fight against slavery, onhis passion for education as founder of theUniversity of Virginia, and for his love ofbooks, among other passions. He fieldedquestions from the audience and answeredthem without departing from character,leaving few to question that ThomasJefferson, the third President of theUnited States, was in their midst!

Top left: Bill Barker portraysThomas JeffersonBelow: Emcee Dick Prestondirected the evening’s events.

“Thomas Jefferson” welcomes Linda

Stratman and Mary Ann Hall

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Historic City of Jefferson, Inc.P.O. Box 105056

Jefferson City, MO 65110www.historiccityofjefferson.org

Board Members

Mark Blume Fred Brown

Donna Deetz Henry Gensky

Mary Ann Hall Lois Heldenbrand

Katherine Keil Janet Maurer

Kevin McHugh Toni Prawl

Vicki Schildmeyer

OfficersPresident—Steve Veile 635-8667

Vice-President—Tammy Boeschen

Treasurer—Sue Higgins

Secretary—Sally Morrow

Contact: hcjprez@gmail.com

Historic City of Jefferson

2014 Board of Directors

President Steve Veile presented three awards, honored retiring HCJ board mem-bers and welcomed newly elected board members at HCJ’s Annual Dinner Meeting.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Mark Schreiber (top left) Preservation PioneerAward: Hank and Linda Stratman (top middle) Volunteer of the Year Award:Jenny Smith (top right). Retiring Board Members: Sam Bushman (below right),Connie Hubble (below left) and Deedie Bedosky. Newly inducted Board Mem-bers: Vicki Schildmeyer, Katherine Keil and Mark Blume (left).

Bottom: “Thomas Jefferson “ (a.k.a. Bill Barker) visits the Lewis & Clark Memorialand meets “Abe Lincoln” (a.k.a, Mark Rehagen) at the Governor’s Mansion.

Scenes from the 2014 Annual Dinner Meeting

Bungalow, Foursquare, Tudor Revival,and Colonial Revival. Most of thesehomes were built in the 1920s. The old-est home in the district, presently ownedby Nick Monaco, was built in 1847. Fora list of Cole County properties on theNational Register of Historic Places, go towww.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/Cole.htm.

We are looking for volunteers to helpwith this event, and old photographs ofand/or stories about living in the MoreauDrive area to share. If you can assist,please contact Mary Ann Hall (635-8512mahallart@embarqmail.com) or TammyBoeschen (573-893-4121 ortboeschen@gmail.com). Photographs willbe scanned and returned to you. Displaykiosks along with information about thearea will be created for the enjoyment of

all which will also be used for the home tour being plannedfor the Moreau Drive area in 2015. Watch the HCJ web-site for more details!

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This year Historic City of Jefferson willrevisit the ice cream social of years past,only this fundraiser will be slightly differ-ent from those held for many years atMemorial Park. Plans are being made foran afternoon social in McClung Park tocelebrate the induction of the MoreauDrive neighborhood on the National Reg-ister of Historic Places. We are planningactivities in both pavilions, including icecream sundaes, food, music, neighborhooddisplays, and a brochure that talks aboutthis newly recognized historical district.Mark your calendar for Sunday after-noon, August 17 starting at 4 pm!

The Moreau Drive Historic District in-cludes about 250 buildings, mainlyhomes. The borders are basicallyAtchison and Clark Avenue (north) toMcClung Park (west), just past Leslie Boulevard (south),then Elmerine along with part of Moreland Avenue and LeeStreet to the east. Architectural styles include Craftsman/

Summer Social in the ParkCelebrating the Moreau Drive Historic District

In October of 1864, Sterling Price, the former governor of Missouri, now a Confederate General, marched histhousands of soldiers and artillery to the City of Jefferson. The expedition’s purpose was to take control of theState Capitol so as to re-install the pro-Confederate government driven out of the State in June of 1861. Thisobjective in claiming the State of Missouri for the Confederacy had a higher consequence: do harm to the re-election campaign of President Lincoln.

The Historic City of Jefferson will be sponsoring a commemoration of the event of the American Civil War that couldhave changed history. “The Battle That Never Was” will be brought to life on Sunday, October 5, 2014 enabling today’scitizenry to take a trolley car tour to the city’s sites where soldiers of both the Confederacy and the Union made history.Re-enactors will roam at the various locations telling their stories of life during those uncertain times. Tour partici-pants will hear and view displays, demonstrations and lectures about the mounting tensions among the people as prep-

arations occurred for battle and why it became known as “The Battle ThatNever Was.”

HCJ members will be invited to assist with the day’s events of Sunday, Oc-tober 5, 2014. A Planning Committee has been meeting since January ofthis year to determine the tour routes and venues to set up camp whereevents occurred related to “The Battle That Never Was.” An outcome forthis year’s commemoration is a legacy for future generations to appreciatethis part of the history of the City of Jefferson. HCJ is serving as a patronto the publication of further scholarship on that event of 1864. More detailswill be brought to the membership as plans are finalized. If you wish toshare your knowledge about what occurred in October of 1864 or expressinterest in volunteering assistance, please contact Stephen J. Stark atsjjstark@msn.com.

Sunday, October 5

2014

Noon—5:00 pm

Local Civil War Sites

Sunday,August 174 pm

McClung Park

Union Fortifications in Jefferson City as

portrayed in Harpers magazine, 1861

There are many costs associated withthe City of Jefferson’s abandonedbuilding problem. For people who donot spend time in the older sections ofour city, it is not very apparent. But forthose who live, work and invest in theolder sections of Missouri’s Capital, thecost is clear. The problem of derelictneighborhoods is clear also to the tensof thousands of visitors to JeffersonCity.

While historic preservationists areconcerned with the loss of beautifuland irreplaceable historic architecture,the most compelling reason for ourcommunity to be concerned is thefinancial impact that abandonedbuildings have on the City of Jefferson.

Low property values generate low property taxes: Thismeans that tax bodies receive low revenue from abandonedproperties. If you own property in Jefferson City, yourproperty tax bill will show the following taxing entities: JCSchool District, Surtax, City of Jefferson, Road & Bridge,Public Library, Cole County General Revenue, Cole CountySpecial Services, and the State of Missouri.

Several of the Taxing Bodies listed above have encounteredbudget challenges over the last several years.

The next page of this newsletter shows a comparison ofproperty taxes from abandoned properties compared tomaintained properties located near by.

Does our tax system benefit derelict building owners?From the comparisons, it appears that property owners whorenovate their buildings to retain occupants or to operatetheir own businesses are penalized with tax bills over 50%higher than their neighbors who have not maintained theirbuildings, but have abandoned their property, allowing themto sit vacant for years, and, in many cases, decades. Thesederelict buildings are a scourge to a community. Such blightdiscourages other investors from renovating and restoringhistoric buildings in Jefferson City’s older neighborhoods,thereby adding to the neglected appearance, and furtherlowering of collected property taxes.

The City of Jefferson’s Abandoned Properties Registry dated4-30-14 listed 107 buildings. Probably many more buildingsin Jefferson City’s inner core should be on the list. The lossin revenue to the taxing bodies is significant. In addition tothe revenue loss, our city is missing the opportunity to bringpeople to live in these neighborhoods, operate businesses

(generating more tax revenue),shop in local stores, eat in localrestaurants, and add vitality to theolder neighborhoods. Instead thevacant buildings attract vagrantsand criminal activities, all thewhile generating more expenses inthe form of police and firedepartment staff, code enforce-ment, among other city services.

Cost of City Services as a resultof abandoned and derelictbuildings: The city does not trackcosts associated with abandonedbuildings, but certain activitiesare associated with this problem.For example, in an open-recordsrequest to the city, we asked,

“What is the approximate cost to board up abuilding in material and labor?” The response wasthat it costs the city approximately $626.00 to board upan abandoned building. In 2013 the city boarded up eight(8) properties. So this one small aspect of the abandonedbuilding issue generated $5,008 in costs to the city in2013. Although this is a small part of the total costsassociated with the abandoned building problem, suchadditional costs to property tax losses and to safety- issuecosts certainly total appreciably over the years.

City staff must spend time and resources dealing withthe abandoned building problem. In their performance ofessential duties, city staff must identify and monitorabandoned buildings; communicate with the owners;follow procedures that guarantee due process to theowners; prepare and participate in administrativehearings; and follow-up to verify actions performed onbuildings to assure safety. While these duties stretch cityresources at the expense of other duties, our city staffhave the experience and training to perform moreproductive work to benefit our entire community. Theyare basically trying to stop the bleeding. In summary, thecitizens of Jefferson City are incurring extensive lossesdue to the abandoned building problem, only a few ofwhich we have discussed above. As our City Councilstruggles to design a budget using less money than theyhave had in the past, owners of abandoned buildings getby with minimal tax bills, while their neighbors whohave been responsible in maintaining their propertiespay substantially more in property taxes. And all thewhile, responsible owners must watch increasing blight,crime, and decreasing property values, thanks to theirirresponsible neighbors.

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Abandoned Buildings: OldTown at Risk

Part 2—The High Cost of Low PropertyValuesBy Cathy Bordner

Demolition contractor talks to new CityAdministrator Steve Crowell, HCJ mem-ber Cathy Bordner and Old MunichbergPresident Becky Bocklage. HCJ arrangedthe tour of blighted areas of the city.

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Example #1:

206 W. Elm – This building is on the Abandoned Property Registry. The Cole CountyCollector’s office shows the tax for Tax Year 2013 was$294.84. From 2000 to the present $5,147.95 in proper-ty taxes were paid on this building.

222 W. Dunklin – This building is not on the Aban-doned Property Registry, but is in the same neighbor-hood as the above mentioned property. It was renovat-ed several years ago, and is occupied by a business.The owner paid $1,066.26 in property taxes for TaxYear 2013, an increased tax bill of $771.42 over the abandoned building at 206 W. Elm.From 2000 to the present, $12,913.50 property taxes were paid on this building, an in-creased tax bill of $7,765.55 over 206 W. Elm.

Example #2:

104 and 108 Jackson – The County Collector combines the taxes owed on 104 and108 Jackson into one tax bill because they are recorded as “one parcel” at the CountyRecorder’s Office and owned by the same individual. Both buildings are on the Aban-doned Property Registry. The tax for Tax Year 2013 was $1,603.58. From 2000through Tax Year 2010, property taxes of $20,389.77 were paid on 104 and 108 Jack-

son combined. However, the Cole County Collec-tor’s office shows that no property taxes were paidafter tax year 2010. For Tax Year 2011 there is aTax Lien of $1,489.34 owed, and for Tax Year 2012there is a Tax Lien of $24,731.96 owed. These taxliens are the result of abatement work paid for bythe City of Jefferson.

100 Jackson – This building is not on the Abandoned Property Registry . The ColeCounty Collector’s Office shows the tax for Tax Year 2013 was $2,542.87. From 2000to the present $32,080.24 property taxes were paid on this building. That is over$8,000 more than the taxes paid on the two abandoned buildings south of this build-ing – 104 and 108 Jackson – combined.

Example #3:

515, 517 and 519 East Capitol – The County Collector combines the taxesowed on these three buildings into one tax bill because they are recorded as“one parcel” at the County Recorder’s Office. 519 East Capitol is on the Aban-doned Property Registry. The Cole County Collector’s office shows the tax owedfor Tax Year 2013 was $1,620.35. From 2000 through Tax Year 2013,$24,040.40 property taxes were paid on these three buildings. Note: thesebuildings are owned by the same property owner that owns 104 and 108 Jack-

son in Example #2 above. This individ-ual owns a total of nineteen propertieslisted on the Registry.

522 East Capitol – This building is not on the Abandoned Property Registry.For the 2013 tax year, the tax bill was $2,392.86. This property owner paid over$700 more a year for their one building than the owner of 515, 517 and 519 EastCapitol paid on three buildings. From 2000 to the present, the owner of 522 EastCapitol has paid $35,177.12 in property taxes which is over $11,000 more inproperty taxes on his one building than the owner of 515, 517 and 519 East Cap-itol has paid on three buildings, one of which is on the Registry.

Property Taxes: Abandoned vs. MaintainedThe following are examples of taxes paid by owners of buildings on the City of Jefferson’s Abandoned Property Registry comparedto property taxes paid by owners of maintained properties in the same neighborhood. Data for these comparisons come from theCity of Jefferson’s Abandoned Property Registry dated 4-30-14. Tax revenues are derived from the Cole County Collector’sOffice.

206 W. Elm

222 W. Dunklin

108 Jackson

100 Jackson

517 E. Capitol

522 E. Capitol

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AREA DETAILFROM BELOW

A

MAP OF ABANDONED

BUILDINGS IN JEFFERSON CITY

This map shows the location of the 107 proper-ties on the City of Jefferson’s AbandonedBuilding Registry. These are designated on themap by the yellow box with an A inside:

All of these addresses and the owners of theseproperties are listed on the next page. Theblack outline shows the boundaries of OldTown. This map is from the Mid Missouri GISsite:http://www.midmogis.org/abandonedbuildings/

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The list below are 107 addresses of abandoned properties and their owners currently regis-tered with the City of Jefferson. This registry was obtained from the City of Jefferson through aSunshine request made by an HCJ member. Date of this register listing: April 30, 2014

Abandoned Buildings in Jefferson City and their Owners

217 Cherry St Adrian, Roger J & Mary E821 Clark Ave Andrews, Archie L1120 E High St Andrews, Archie L1720 W Main St Asbury, Sean216 E Ashley St Backfisch, Michael D1407 E Miller St Bauer JC Properties LLC904 Monroe St Bibleway Church311 Cherry St Blank, Brian103 Jackson St Bratten, Steven J & Cheryl902 Dockery St Brautigam, Denny W207 Jordan St Bridgepoint Prop. Solutions1007 E McCarty Brown, Debra Jean105 Jackson St Buescher, Barbara1226 Adams St Buescher, Barbara101 Jackson St Buescher, Barbara501 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara500 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara209 Jackson St Buescher, Barbara108 Jackson St Buescher, Barbara405 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara413 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara519 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara104 Jackson St Buescher, Barbara114 Jackson St Buescher, Barbara611 Jefferson St Buescher, Barbara419 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara417 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara401 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara113 Adams At Buescher, Barbara111 Adams St Buescher, Barbara109 Adams St Buescher, Barbara429 E Capitol Ave Buescher, Barbara415 Commercial Buescher, Barbara623 School St Christensen, Theresa L1215 E High St Christiansen, Charles1423 Boss Terrace Cole, Gayla V710 Monroe St Cooley, Cheryl810 Jackson St Cooper, Charles & Bobbye605 Houchin St Dake, Stephanie J406 Cherry St Derby Leasing Inc1207 E Miller St Diocese of Jefferson City507 E. Ashley St Driver, James L218 Pine St Farley Prop. Services LLC1634 W McCarty St Ferguson, Weston P805 Monroe St Frazier, Gregory R & Ruth A801 Locust St Galbreath, Elmer Sr.303 Marshall St Gilmore, Ryan312 W Elm St Gilstrap, Jon R1100 Monroe St Gilstrap, Jon R503 Marshall St Go Property LLC1204 E High St Great Mercy Apostolic Temple211 W Cedar Way Green Industries Inc312 Case Ave Hall, David A207 Chestnut St Hall, David A

1217 E Dunklin St Happy, Stephen H & Dora Jane1130 E Dunklin St Hawkey, Christopher M415 E Ashley St Hendricks, Daniel J & Thelma617 Michigan St Home Savings Bank415 Stadium Blvd Howser, John victor1710 Green Berry Rd Howser, William E1708 Green Berry Rd Howser, William E & Elizabeth A1910 N Circle Dr Huber, Thomas907 Monroe St Hughes, Rita A1201 St. Marys Blvd Hunt, Hawa & James A315 Lafayette St I & R Investments LLC1207 E Dunklin St Johnson, Robert P2500 Tanner Bridge Pl Karr, Gary A1200 E High St Kauffman, Thomas a & Debby J1405 E High St Koetting, Eugene J & Darlene304 E Fillmore St Koonce, Frederick D & Ada D1320 E Miller St Kuschel, Mike206 Belair Dr Kuster, Michael J & Theresa E1216 Cottage Ln Loaiza, Natalie & Richard214 Lafayette St Lopez, Miguel & Maria831 Clark Ave Lynn, Patrick A827 Clark Ave Lynn, Patrick A & Becky K1321 W High St McGennis Group LLC320 Cherry St McHenry, Tom415 Case Ave McPeters, Shawna206 W Elm St Mid-Ohio Securities212 W Elm St Mid-Ohio Securities Corp305 Vetter Ln Muir, Marsha614 E McCarty St Old Town Revitalization Company1807 Sherrick Ct Opara, Daniel C & Rosemary N1107 St Marys Blvd Ott, Cynthia G608 State St Ousley Group LLC1560 Bald Hill Rd Petershagen, Jerry W309 W Dunklin St Professional Building Restoration1629 E Miller St Rhodes, Robert1018 W High St Sakabu, Stanley & Cindy Province905 Harding St Schaben, Rodney K & Jane Marie229 W McCarty St Schnieders, Clifford J & Mary M411 E Ashley St Schulte, Mary Lynne1316 E High St Shepard, Brian E1224 Riverside Dr Shippen, Carol L217 Vista Rd Sommerer, Leroy J809 Jackson St Steenburgen, Howard E1415 E Miller St Talbert, Robert Boyd S1727 E Miller St Talken, Gilbert L612 Chestnut St Taylor, Juanita319 Belair Dr Underwood, Carolan E815 E McCarty St Walker, Mark S702 Ewing Dr Weaver, Rodney & Russchell D1022 E High St Weber, Mary819 E McCarty St White, Viola1421 St Marys Blvd Wilson, Gwen A1702 St Marys Blvd Zhang, Zi Feng

ADDRESS OWNER ADDRESS OWNER

Why did you join HCJ? Every year I looked forward to the HCJHomes Tours, especially the friendly HCJ hosts who knew somuch about the architecture of the homes. I wanted to be a partof this unique community-minded group with same interests asmine in “saving our history.”

What do you like best about being a member of HCJ? Thepeople associated with HCJ and their eagerness in sharing theirĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵ�ĂŶĚ�ŬŶŽǁ ůĞĚŐĞ�ŝŶ�ƌĞŶŽǀ ĂƟŶŐ�ŽůĚĞƌ�ŚŽŵĞƐ�ĂŶĚ�ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ�ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ�ĂŶĚ�ƚŚĞŝƌ�ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ�ĨŽƌ�ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ�ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀ ĂƟŽŶ͘ �K ŶĞ�ŽĨ�ƚŚĞ�ŵŽƐƚ�ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ—and inspiring—group of folks in ourcommunity!

�Ž�LJŽƵ�ŚĂǀ Ğ�Ă�ĨĂǀ ŽƌŝƚĞ�, �:�ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ�Žƌ�ĂĐƟǀ ŝƚLJ͍ Next tovolunteering at the annual homes tours, I enjoyed interviewing, ĂLJƐĞůƚŽŶ��ƌŝǀ Ğ�ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ�ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůLJ�ĨŽƌ�Ă�ŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ Ğƌ�ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ�ďƵƚ�more for the Oral History Program. Since my field of study has been folklore, the stories recorded for the OH Program, and theƉĞŽƉůĞ�ďĞŚŝŶĚ�ƚŚĞ�ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͕ �ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƚĞ�ŵĞ͘�/�ŚŽƉĞ�ƚŽ�ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ�ǁ ŝƚŚ�this invaluable program.

Do you think we have made progress in Jefferson City on ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ�ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀ ĂƟŽŶ͍ �ĞĮ ŶŝƚĞ�zĞƐ͕ �ďƵƚ�Ěŝĸ ĐƵůƚ�ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ�ĂŌĞƌ�losing the Cole County Jail and Sheriff’s House. I’d like to see more community-ǁ ŝĚĞ�ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů�ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ͕ �ǁ ŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ͕ �ĂŶĚ�ƚŽƵƌƐ�ŽŶ�ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ�ŽĨ�ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ�ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ�ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀ ĂƟŽŶ�ƐŽ�ƚŚĂƚ�ƐƵĐŚ�ĂƉĂƚŚLJ�ĚŽĞƐ�ŶŽƚ�ŚĂƉƉĞŶ�ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ �dŚĞ�ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ�, �:�EĞǁ ƐůĞƩ Ğƌ�ƐĞƌŝĞƐ�ŽŶ��ďĂŶĚŽŶĞĚ��ƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ�ŝƐ�ĂŶ�ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ�Ğī Žƌƚ͘ �K Ƶƌ�ĞŶƟƌĞ�community—not just HCJ—should have been standing in frontof the Cole County Jail, blocking efforts to tear it down. Or at ůĞĂƐƚ�ƉĂĐŬŝŶŐ��ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ�ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ͊

If someone asked you the benefits of HCJ membership, what would you say? Common interests with intelligent, caringcommunity-minded members in keeping our Capital historicallyviable.

What one thing might HCJ members be surprised to learnabout you? I was “volunteered” as co-pilot in my husband’sCessna and “hanging-out-the-door” aerial photographer in the1980s. Great photos of Missouri River valley and Capitol, butsomewhat shaky!

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Getting to Know You

Why did you join HCJ? I wanted to be a part of a dynamic, in-ƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ�ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ�ĚŽŝŶŐ�ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ�ǁ ŽƌŬ�ĨŽƌ�:Ğī ĞƌƐŽŶ��ŝƚLJ͕�and HCJ fit the bill. Plus, you asked me.

What do you like best about being a member of HCJ? Theamazing depth of knowledge of the membership.

�Ž�LJŽƵ�ŚĂǀ Ğ�Ă�ĨĂǀ ŽƌŝƚĞ�, �:�ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ�Žƌ�ĂĐƟǀ ŝƚLJ͍ �The homesƚŽƵƌ�ŽĨ�ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͊ �/�ŶĞǀ Ğƌ�ƟƌĞ�ŽĨ�ƐĞĞŝŶŐ�ŚŽǁ �ƉĞŽƉůĞ�ŚĂǀ Ğ�ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ�our historic resources to fit their own lifestyles.

Do you think we have made progress in Jefferson City on his-ƚŽƌŝĐ�ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀ ĂƟŽŶ͍ �hŶƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůLJ͘�/ƚ�ŵĂLJ�ŚĂǀ Ğ�ďĞĞŶ�ƐůŽǁ �ŝŶ�ĐŽŵŝŶŐ͕�ďƵƚ�/�ƚŚŝŶŬ�ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ�ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀ ĂƟŽŶ�ĐĂŶ�ŶŽǁ �ƉƌŽƵĚůLJ�ƚĂŬĞ�its place among our city’s shared cultural values.

If someone asked you the benefits of HCJ membership, what would you say? In my opinion HCJ does the most importantwork in the city. Being a part of that would be a benefit to any-body.

What one thing might HCJ members be surprised to learnabout you? I lived in Germany for a year and visited 11 othercountries while I was there. I learned enough German to goout on my own without a translator, which is really the mostŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ�ǁ ĂLJ�ƚŽ�ƐĞĞ�ĂŶLJ�ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘

Kevin McHugh is a newlyelected member of the HCJBoard of Directors. He hasserved on the City of Jefferson’sHistoric Preservation Commis-sion. He has a degree in Archi-tectural History and was em-ployed in this capacity with theNew York City PreservationLandmarks Commission andmore recently in the Environ-mental and Historic Preserva-tion sections at MODOT.

Carolyn Bening is an active HCJvolunteer and Assistant Editor ofthe Yesterday and Today News-letter. She has also served onthe HCJ Board of Directors andis a member of the ThomasLawson Price Society. She hasresearched and written exten-

sively on historic neighborhoodsof Jefferson City. She is a retiredEnglish teacher from the Jeffer-son City Public Schools.Carolyn Bening Kevin McHugh

A Note of thanks to HCJ members fromLifetime Achievement Award Winner

Mark Schreiber:

Dear Friends,

I want to thank you for the recent honor you gave to me at the HCJ annual meeting it

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Terri Rademan

Mary Schantz

Lois Hogan

Joan Kramer

Jim Kreider, MRTA

Special Thanks to

Jami Wade

Newest Member of theThomas Lawson Price Society

It was a bitterly sad day April 16th at theCole County Commissioner’s meeting inwhich the fate of the Old Cole CountyJail and Sheriff’s Residence (OJ & SR)was sealed. Commissioners voted 3-0 toproceed with plans to demolish the OJ &SR and build a new courtroom on its site.This is the low point of a four-year strug-gle that began when the OJ & SR wasvacated after the construction of the newjail and sheriff’s office.

Hopes were raised in March when at the urging of Com-missioner Kris Scheperle the vote on the old jail’s fatewas delayed to allow for more options to be explored. Atthat March 5 commission meeting Cary Gampher withthe Architect’s Alliance presented two plans for the site ofthe Old Jail; one for renovation of the OJ & SR at an esti-mated cost of $775,000, the other for new construction onthe site of the razed OJ & SR at a cost of $1.8 million. Atthat time, however, for reasons that are not clear, Archi-tect’s Alliance was not told to design the space specificallyfor a new courtroom or that the renovation plan needed tohave the floors line up.

The OJ & SR was built in the 1930s next to the existingCole County Courthouse, built in 1896. It was not connect-ed to the courthouse at that time. However, later when itwas connected, the floors did not line up. The March 4 ren-ovation plan provided for stairs and wheelchair lifts forADA compliance. However, after the March estimates, thecommissioners directed Architect’s Alliance to redesign thefloors in the renovation plans so that the floors line upwith the courthouse. They also informed Architect’s Alli-ance that the purpose of this new area would be for acourtroom with a seating capacity of 100 and also a larger“well” area with tables for both prosecution and defense.Obviously, the architect plans needed revamping after thisnew and relevant information.

With revised plans and estimates, Cary Gampher returnedto the fateful commission meeting on April 16th. The esti-mated cost of the renovation plan went up to $1.8 million,more than twice the earlier estimate. Revising the plans tomake the floors align was a large part of this increase. Itwas not made clear why this was necessary. The cost esti-mates for new construction plans went up only to $2.05million from $1.8 million. Most significantly, the renova-tion plan could only accommodate a courtroom capacity of50. The new construction would accommodate 100. Thiswas a death blow for the renovation plan.

Much of the courtroom overcrowding comes on “criminallaw days” in which there is a parade of defendants, some-times up to 100, that appear before the court to enter theirpleas or to receive sentences for which they have pledguilty. The county court web site states that criminal law

days are the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ofthe month.Other busy days for the courts are juryselection days. Again, there could be upto 80 citizens summoned to appear forjury selection. This occurs wheneverthere is a jury trial.

The option of using the vast empty sec-ond floor of the new jail complex waskyboshed by the judges who say that

criminal trials could not take place in a jail as this couldprejudice the jury. Also, security would have to be dupli-cated in that remote site. This happens to be the sameproblem with using space in the Court House Annexbuilding.

There are four courtrooms in the courthouse, the largestof which seats about 75. So it is apparent there are somedays in which the large courtroom will not accommodateall that need to be seated.

Are there really no other options that would alleviate thecourtroom overcrowding without razing a public land-mark? Were all the possible options given a fair evalua-tion? Was the renovation plan given extra and perhapsunnecessary hurdles to leap?

There has been an outpouring of community support forsaving the OJ & SR with petitions, many letters to theeditor, and the News Tribune itself in support of preser-vation. Nine people spoke at the April 16 meeting plead-ing with the commissioners to preserve the OJ & SR, andonly one person in opposition. Have our commissionersforgotten they serve the public?

Effort to Save Old Jail Goes Down in Bitter Defeatby Jenny Smith

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