Until recently, the only thing it was used for was Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

While that isn't the structure anymore, he said the staff wanted to continue using the home. Historically, each park would have a caretaker who lived in the park and would be responsible for everything from mowing the grass to setting up for events, Spalding said. The house itself is more than 100 years old.įrom what he's been told, Spalding said, it was a Sears kit house, popular around WWI. Spalding said the garden will start around the house and in the backyard of it, but he hopes over time it will spread throughout Ellis-Porter Park. Under a new agreement, the club will help parks staff plan, grow and care for botanical gardens. It will include space for the Central Missouri Master Gardeners. This renovation is the next step in improving the park. The project is expected to cost $606,100 the City Council signed off on the use of the parks funds at the beginning of September. There will also be a kitchen for catered events.

The renovation plans include space for the Master Gardeners, potential offices for parks staff, a ticket office for the Ellis-Porter Amphitheater and event space. Parks Director Todd Spalding said the full renovation will take about six months with crews focused on the inside of the building during winter. The Jefferson City Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department plans to use the two-story home with an attic and basement for offices, storage and a hub for the Ellis-Porter Park. Marvel & DC: Your place to find the builds (listed alphabetically).The groundskeeper house at Ellis-Porter Park is getting a new life.Ĭrews started renovating the house about two weeks ago with a goal to get the outside done before cold weather hits. Now not to worry I wont be doing it all at once but I will be putting them up in some blocks.Īlso since photobucket has became a pita, I'll be linking through flicker. I shared them to the FB group but as Facebook's limit is 100 megs for a file, and I have somewhere around 500 builds in the file alone, I thought I'd put them up in a thread. Hey guys! I've been doing a bunch of builds for the old Marvel Superheroes RPG lately and have been combining those with builds I've had for.

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