Fixer Upper

Stinesville, Indiana, recently offered its main street buildings, which are on the National Registry of Historic Places, for sale. Price: $1. The purchaser had to restore the buildings. There have been no offers.

Stinesville, Indiana
The city of Stinesville, Indiana, was founded in 1855 and is named after Eusebius Stine.
Stinesville Commercial Historic District
These five adjoining limestone buildings, which are on the National Registry of Historic Places (https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/95000707), were recently offered for sale by the town of 194 people for $1.
Commercial Disrtrict
From Wikipedia: "The buildings were built between 1886 and 1894, and display elements of Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival style architecture. The main building is the two-story, Oolitic Lodge No. 682, I.O.O.F. built in 1894."
Stinesville Commercial District
The purchaser had to agree to restore the buildings, which need more than paint and paper.

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