History of Woodford County . supervisors, a G. A. R. room, and offices of the treasurer andsuperintendent of schools. The building was constructed in a very substantial man-ner, and under the careful supervision of the board that wasmade up as follows in 1897 : Chairman, N. S. de Vries, JosephHindert, B. W. Uphoff, John J. Tjaden, Frank Mau, Jacob 112 HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY. Wagner, W. II. Friedrich, Anthony Fisher, Peter Sehertz,A. J. Woltzen, James M. Jeter, E. A. Childs, Thomas Crib-ben, P. A. Felter, Jacob AJiller, J. B. Detweiler, E. S. Brown. Those who took part in planning for the b
History of Woodford County . supervisors, a G. A. R. room, and offices of the treasurer andsuperintendent of schools. The building was constructed in a very substantial man-ner, and under the careful supervision of the board that wasmade up as follows in 1897 : Chairman, N. S. de Vries, JosephHindert, B. W. Uphoff, John J. Tjaden, Frank Mau, Jacob 112 HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY. Wagner, W. II. Friedrich, Anthony Fisher, Peter Sehertz,A. J. Woltzen, James M. Jeter, E. A. Childs, Thomas Crib-ben, P. A. Felter, Jacob AJiller, J. B. Detweiler, E. S. Brown. Those who took part in planning for the building in 1896,but were not on the board that followed, were Josiah Ker-rick, Adam Stephens, George Andrews, J. P. Kunkler. Bids were received from numerous firms, that of H. , of Havana, 111., being finally accepted, the contractprice being $60,762. The special duty of overseeing the. SHERIFFS RESIDENCE AND THE JAIL, EUREKA. work devolved upon the building committee which wascomposed of P. A. Felter, chairman, W. II. Fredrich,Thomas Cribben, B. W. Uphoff, A. J. AVoltzen, Ed. C. clerk. The county employed Henry Lesch, of Wash-burn, to look after interests of the county and superintendthe work of building. The funds necessay for the workwere raised by the issue of interest bearing warrants, whichwere redeemed in a very short time by the levy of one percent ,tax. The corner stone of the new structure was laidunder the supervision of the board of supervisors with ap-propriate ceremonies, the stone being laid by Miss Gertie deVries, the daughter of the chairman of the board. THE COUNTY SEAT. 113 A few months after the completion of the court commodius jail and jailers residence were erected. Thisstructure was built on the property on First street acrossfrom the new court house. The jail is of pressed brick with
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