2010-02-18T11:01:00.000-08:00

After more than a year of hard work and planning we have decided to scrap the St Claude studio project. Though much progress had been made with the HDLC, architectural plans, sewerage & waterboard, and site preparation and opportunity has presented itself that we simply could not pass by. The old St Roch firehouse came up for sale at the end of 2009 and my family was lucky enough to win it at auction.
Built in 1916, this historic building will someday be a studio and residence for the Cruthirds family. The work that must be done to repair and preserve this building is intimidating to say the least. We have already filled three demo-dumpsters with rubble and debris from its interior and there is much more to go. Termites have eaten the stairwell down to toothpicks. Incredibly, the enormous structural beams are mostly intact. Only a few will need to be replaced. The roof must be entirely replaced. The back wall of the property, which is 12" thick masonry, needs to be shored up. And the entire second floor will need to be gutted. Even so, the potential is obvious. Wish us luck.

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