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Show Refurb is king Ramboulette Barn could hold key to past Above the oil ice is CiihilJ's new home. His new split level apartment has windows on all sides pvmn him the best view in tow ii. The south side of his apartment is also glassed in. overlooking the rest ol the barn which will probably be taken up by an atrium and a lew more shops. There is even a "hint" that a , grocery mart may have a place in the mall. Apple Annie's Country Store, lor a long time the only store in Brian Head, is open and already doing a good business. Owned by Joyce and Gene liuttery. Annie's has a his and hers selection of merchandise in an antique an-tique country store setting. Kamboulette's old barn has a new life now. Alter lilty years of silence, the sound of laughter and chatter is beginning to spread through the barn again. The mysterious eifect that the barn has is already beginning to show in Parowan; there is a new appliance store, the lumber company has a new owner and a lot of the old I 'a rowan homes have new laces. Whether or not the new life. spiring up in Parowan can be. attributed solely to Kamboulette's barn is up to the reader to decide. By JAC'LYN POWELL Kecord Correspondent PAKOWAN - Old newspapers used as p a d ding b e neat h linoleum lloors tell of a much livelier Parowan, a Parowan with a daily paper, movie house, Pumi's Furniture Factory and a couple of restaurants. What has happened to Parowan since then? Kamboulette's old barn on Hid South in Parowan may hold the key to the mystery of Parowan. Built around 1):12, the 40,00(1 square loot building was the gathering place for most ol Iron County. It was the place for the stock shows and lairs. Dances and barbeques were held, and everyone was invited. The old timers say that a lot of courting was done at those dances. Then the depression hit. What businesses did survive the depression couldn't make it when the local boys didn't return to the area alter the war; there wasn't any industry to support them or their lamilites. The barn sat empty for twenty years, and life in Parowan seemed to become as empty as the barn. George Loosley bought the barn in the '50s and lor the next thirty years the barn's only function was to store hay and wheat. Until last year. A year ago Larry Cahill looked at the barn and an exciting idea came to him. Why not lake this 40.000 leet and make a little mall? You could put the real estate office here, a couple of little stores and maybe a sandwich shop over there and above that a great apartment. Alter ten years as a resident of Brian Mead. Cahill got his broker's iicense, moved the pigeons out ol the barn and with just his idea, a bed and an electric blanket, moved into the barn. Everyone thought he was crazy, but despite the scepticism and ridicule Cahill has hall of his mall finished and lunctioning. Cahill's Brian Head Keal Estate office moved into the barn last year with him and shared a patch ol the dirt lloor next to the "bedroom ". Now the office can be lound oil the main entrance, en-trance, with real floors, lour walls and a beautiful antique decor. |