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‘Hidden Spaces’

Beverly Heritage Center hosts tour

The Inter-Mountain photos by Edgar Kelley Beverly Heritage Center executive director Christopher Mielke talks to a tour group while standing on the porch of the 1841 Randolph County Jail on Saturday. The center hosted the first of its two ‘Hidden Space Tours’ scheduled for the month of April.

BEVERLY — Visitors to the The Beverly Heritage Center’s “Hidden Space Tour” on Saturday had the unique opportunity to see historic sites around the Randolph County town and a second tour is slated for later this month.

The second date for the special tour is Saturday, April 24. The tour allows visitors a chance to see inside the Beverly Civil War amputation site and the 1841 Randolph County Jail. Those taking part in the tour will also get the opportunity to see some early Civil War graffiti in one of the buildings.

The cost for the tour is $20 per person and the group sizes are limited to five people.

All of the proceeds taken in from the tours will go to repairs to the Logan House, Goff House and the Collett House. The Logan House was the second amputation site for the Civil War, while the Goff House is the building that currently houses the Beverly Antique Company. The Collett House has some of the earliest known Civil War graffiti inside of it.

“Right now our plan for the summer is to specifically focus on repairs to the Goff House,” said Beverly Heritage Center executive director Christopher Mielke. “Since the public is in that building on a regular basis that’s the one we need to take care of first. But we have a lot of balls in the air right now that we are juggling.”

Beverly Heritage Center executive director Christopher Mielke talks to a tour group inside of the Center Saturday afternoon. The center hosted the first of its two ‘Hidden Space Tours.’

The jail is also in some need for repairs, although renovations are at almost 50 percent.

“We get a lot of questions about the jail and we have some potential plans to do some more work on the inside of it,” said Mielke. “Of the four buildings, the Collett House is about a quarter of the way through its renovations, and the jail is at a little bit over half. But the Logan and Goff houses both need some substantial work, though.”

For more information on the Beverly Heritage Center call 304-647-7424 or by going online and visiting at beverlyheritagecenter.org.

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