| Show OFFICER QUARTERS AT FORT CAMERON BEING TORN DOWN s the long row mw of two story double stone louses houses that served as officers quarters sheathe when athe the united states soldiers were stationed at fort cameron from 1872 until 1883 aad which have stood as land marks of early day history on south side of the puffer lake highway near deaver beaver are to be razed five of these buildings now belong ing tto the barton and murdock murdoch families have been sold and work of 0 tearing them down already started among the purchasers are lo 10 loy y wheeler who will razo raze two builder buildings gal one tor for former owners and one for himself mr wheeler will use the material secured in the erection of a dwelling leroy lehoy potter and bert Ale meredith redith have purchased one of the buildings both expect to salvage the lumber and stone for use in dwellings dwell I 1 they will erect later harold bohn was the purchaser of the fifth building dmd will build an addition to his present home with will tile the material obtained those these buildings were substantially constructed and mott most of the material use used d Is in first class condition an idea of 0 the amount of material that can be salvaged may be gleaned from the fact that there are twenty eight doors in each building the majority of them being in usable condition joists foists sills bills and raft rathers lers are in as good condition as the day they were built besides thousands of tons of stone that can be utilized with the removal of the murdock RI academy building now underway under wry the officers quarters together with several other smaller buildings at the old tort fort i 1 11 rv ill i r 1 civi I pvn ir r bet i years tho the historic land marks will soon be obliterated and fo forti it cameron Cai meron and murdock murdoch academy will be only a memory deaver beaver press |
