December 17, 2025

The roof at the Old Depot Museum in Ottawa, has been leaking for a long time and it’s going to take a lot of money to fix it. The Franklin County Historical Society Board of Trustees held their meeting and got an update from local contractor, Josh Walker, who has looked at the roof. He says he’s talked with a contractor who specialized in the kind of roof on the Depot:

Walker estimates it would run half a million dollars to put on a completely new roof. the Board of Trustees plan to consider several different options at their next meeting.

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