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Facelift planned for historic building that had been a 19th century blacksmith shop

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This is the plan to restore the historic look to a former blacksmith's building at 105 E. Church St. that now houses Artistica Salon.

Stripping paint and removing a wood awning and siding are planned as part of a project to make a Church Street building look more like the brick structure it was when it was built about 115 years ago. The Woodstock Historic Preservation Commission last week recommended a certificate of appropriateness for the makeover proposed by […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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