History of Woodford County . 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 th
History of Woodford County . 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. stone trimmings, the residence portion being in the frontand the jail in the rear. The contract for the work was letto Kipp and Perryman, of Minonk, for $18,000. The cells aremodern and are strong and well constructed. On the same lot with the jail the heating plant, for bothcourt house and jail was erected, both buildings being heat-ed by steam. There is no fire in the vicinity of the court 114 HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY. house, and the building is considered fire proof The recordsare kept in a manner to preclude all apparent chance of de-struction. All these buildings are lighted thruout byelectricity and the office equipment is ample for all needsof county officials. The yards of both court house and jailhave been graded and are now beautiful lawns. It is esti-mated that the value of the county property at Eurekawill reach $125,000. In connection with the description of the other publicbuildings it is appropriate to refer to the commodious almshouse, located between Metamora and Eu
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