Friday, May 3, 2013
"Some type of memorial" will be put in place at the Coultrap site, another meeting with neighbors will be scheduled and the Fourth Street administrative facilities will take on the Coultrap name. The cost of demolition is $545,900.
The historic Coultrap building will fall sometime in August, and School District 304 will pay Alpine Deomolition $545,900 to do it. The School District will pay another $140,200 for asbestos abatement at the school. Those were two of the action items of the April 22 board meeting. The board also determined that it would rename—or "rededicate" the Fourth Street centraol office as the "Coultrap Educational Services Center" in memory of Harry Coultrap, the educator that played such an important role in the development of Geneva schools and its "tradition of excellence." School Board President Mark Grosso said he would ask for assistance in creating "some sort of memorial" at the Coultrap facility site and asked that staff set up another …
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
You can stroll through memory lane on Thursday, March 21, and Saturday, March 30, if you make an RSVP.
Geneva School District 304 has scheduled two opportunities for interested community members to walk through the Coultrap building at 1113 Peyton Street prior to its demolition. The guided walk-throughs will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 21, and at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30. Those interested in attending a walk-through are asked to call (630) 463-3020 to RSVP. Anyone interested in scheduling a walk-through for a large group is asked to call (630) 463-3020 to schedule an alternate date/time. In January, the Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the demolition of the Coultrap facility. The area will be converted to green space, allowing for its eventual use for Geneva High School’s final expansion when it is needed. SOURCE: …
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
A resident calls on the City Council for help saving the 90-year-old school building, but officials say the city can't and won't intervene.
A Geneva resident called on Geneva City Council members Tuesday night to weigh in on the possible demolition of the Coultrap school building, but elected officials said there's not much they can do. Carolyn Givens, 101 Sandholm St., addressed the council during its "new business" portion of the agenda, saying she is "appalled, frankly" that the School District would consider tearing down a 90-year-old building. "I’m appealing to you as a citizen of Geneva to tell the School Board that the old building is worth saving," she said. "They (School Board members) feel the building is a piece of trash they should tear down for lumber, and I think you as individuals should say something. The nails in this building are older than any of us here." …
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Monday, January 14, 2013
At a public forum Monday, evidence mounts against the possible adaptive reuse of the historic building that once was Geneva's high school.
At about 6:35 p.m. Monday, the death knell might have rung for the former Coultrap school. A School Board vote still has to be taken in two weeks, but at Monday's public forum, you could almost hear the building crumbling under the weight of the mounting evidence that it's too old, too far gone and too expensive for any sort of adaptive reuse. The cost to maintain it "as is"? More than $1.6 million, including roof repairs, asbestos abatement, plumbing, tuckpointing and annual utility costs of $69,000. Leasing the facility? At least $1 million for necessary upgrades. Projected cost to renovate for occupancy by students? $15.7 million—conservatively. Creative solutions? The district took a look at moving the Fox Valley Career Center from its…
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Meeting is at 6 p.m. Jan. 14 at the facility that's being considered for demolition.
The Board of Education has scheduled a community forum on Monday, Jan. 14, to provide updated information and to receive further input on the future of the Coultrap facility on Peyton Street prior to making a decision later this month. In May, district officials presented board members with four options for the Coultrap facility, which has not been used as a school since the 2008-09 school year. Three options would relocate the district’s administrative offices on Fourth Street to this facility and would require major repairs/renovations to exterior walls, plumbing and electrical systems with costs ranging from $2.317 million to $4.277 milliion. These three options would then have an impact on the future of the Fourth Street building. The …
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Geneva's Plan Commission has three big items on the Aug. 9 agenda, including a public hearing on the plans for a drive-through banking facility at the historic Pure Oil Building on State Street.
Three interesting items grace the Geneva Plan Commission agenda for Thursday, Aug. 9, including a look at plans for a drive-through facility at the former Pure Oil Building. Thomas Hansen of St. Charles Bank & Trust Co. will ask the advisory commission to approve a request for a special use permit that will allow a drive-through at the historic building which escaped demolition after a public outcry earlier this year. In addition to the special use, St. Charles Bank & Trust is asking for a zoning ordinance amendment to reduce the required number of "stacking spaces" per drive-through lane from five spaces to three spaces. The properties in question include much of the block, from 502 to 514 W. State St. as well as 12 S. Fifth St. In …
Colin C.
10:45 am on Saturday, May 4, 2013
We are establishing a Coultrap Memorial committee. We would like to construct a permanent memorial to the school and to Harry Coultrap on the site of the building once the land has been cleared. We will need a lot of help and support from the community. We have asked if the contractor can save enough bricks for us to build the memorial (we need about 2000), the blocks that spell out "Coultrap … more ›