If you want to accomplish the impossible, just tell Tom Bundy it can’t be done.
Bundy has been working to restore the Strawbridge-Shepherd House at the University of Illinois Springfield. He also has worked on a number of other historic buildings in central Illinois, including the Elijah Iles House in Springfield.
Most thought the Strawbridge-Shepherd House, built around 1845, was beyond repair, and it was in danger of being torn down.
Members of the Elijah Iles House Foundation decided the house deserved a second look.
The foundation worked out a lease with UIS to keep the Strawbridge-Shepherd property from being demolished. The lease arrangement is $1 per year for 10 years with the option of extending the agreement, according to UIS.
The restoration was featured in an January 6, 2012, article in Springfield's Own Magazine.
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