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A ledger of losses, assembled at reached strength

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Losses assembled from the record and the 2011 Comprehensive Plan; SHAARD and parcel records as residue

No ledger of Lakeville's lost buildings existed; this article assembles the whole of what the reached record names, item by item, so that this section's losses stand in one place with their strengths — and its limit named at the end. The ledger: (1) The Vandalia depot — gone with its line, abandoned 1973, track removed 1974; demolition undated in any carrier reached. (2) The Wabash depot — gone with its line, abandoned 1989; demolition undated. (3) The Masonic hall building — the lodge's temple in the old Methodist church building, bought by the lodge in 1959 and converted; in 2005 the public library bought that building, removed it, and built the new library on the site, at the lodge's own site's strength as banked. (4) The town's 1898 school building, Main and Harrison — used as an elementary school after 1932, demolished in 1969, at the 2011 Comprehensive Plan narrative's strength. (5) The overhead highway bridge of 1936 over US 31 — demolished in 2001 after the tracks were abandoned, at the same plan strength. (6) The two-railroad era's ground itself — unmarked, per the banked heritage article. The ledger's limit: it is a ledger of named losses from reached carriers, not a surveyed one; the SHAARD sweep G-SP-7 and the demolition and parcel records are its settlers for completeness, and any loss that stands only in them is not yet in this list.

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Source: A ledger of losses, assembled at reached strength, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/lakeville/historic-preservation/ledger-of-losses-assembled-at-reached-strength/