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Home My WebLink AboutJupiter Depot_Courier_11/02/2011 � � � � e u 1 e� url r e THE COMMUNITY CHOICE FOR NOR�"HERN PALM BEACH COUNTY , � , Wednesday, November 2, 2011 50 cents ■ u iter e ot: u orters see 0 otos . � p � Committee wants photos of the interior so -� - - � , � -� restoration efforts are as close as possible ' r z � ,� �� ` p � &" ,�_ . . i s � ' � ' � ig � ` � By Carol Saunders facility, particularly the interior. ` �_�~ � � �' SpecialtoTreasureCoastNewspapers Tlle Pl'OJ2Ct t0 S1V2 ttle bUlld- �` � e �� +� � ,�° _ �� ' ing began in July when officials in � � � � � � `� ' ' � � f �� All systems are "go" for the Tequestaannounceditwasbeing ��`� = j:' �'� ��{„ Save the Old Depot campaign, torn down, on a piece of property ��°� ° �f ; �' set up to save the 97-year-old di- owned by the village to make way `� �`�' / ` � �:. �. �,�� ,�r 1 ��" �=,.: lapidated FEC station that stood in for a two-acre park. ��:� ��, �< z; ,. �- �' what was once the heart of down- At that time, Tequesta Village �� _� r ~ , town Jupiter, on Henry Flagler's Manager Mike Couzzo said, "ter- - ��' �� railroad line. mites and the weather had taken ` � �� N �� I � The Jupiter Town Council has a toll." � � �� ; � � ' the funds to move it, a committee Since then, local supporters � ��` `�*�,��`. :_ � �,•' l__ ___ is seeking the right park to put it have rallied and worked tireless- cnRO�sn��oERSisPEC�n�ro,�,r::o�a��a in and the historical preservation ly to save the old station, finally Tequesta Mayor Tom Paterno talks with Jupiter Mayor Karen Golonka on il�e group working on restoration is porch of the old Jupiter FEC railroad depot, �vhich Jupiter and supporters plan now asking for old photos of the SeeDEPOT,4A to move to a Jupiter park location early next year. DEPOT meeting to report on the tion of the old depot after ons, Engineering Director from 1A progress of moving the it has been moved back to Tom Driscoll, Delate and old train station, formerly jupiter. residents Skip Gladwin owned and moved to Te- The guild is using what and E.J. Crittenden. bringing the town of Jupi- questa by Betty Bush, now its members learned from Delate and Crittenden ter on board to help them. deceased, moving another historic are past presidents of the Kate Moretto, Jupiter's "Mayor Golonka report- structure, The Tindall guild. Gladwin is a local community relations di- ed that Jupiter has budget- Home, a few years ago, general contractor who co- rector, said Jupiter and the ed $80,000 for the depot's now standing on the Ju- ordinated the move of the Loxahatchee Guild have relocation and the council piter Inlet Lighthouse pioneer Tindall House by recently announced they has instructed its staff to Museum Park, plus their the guild, a not-for-profit are seeking assistance help in the site selection current project to re- group dedicated to pro- from the public to obtain process," said Tequesta store the DuBois House, tecting and promoting lo- old depot photos, particu- Mayor Tom Paterno. to work on bringing the cal history since 1981. larly of the interior of the "Mayor Golonka said that depot back to its original "On behalf of the Loxa- building. by the end of January, all condition. hatchee Guild, we express "So they can plan out decisions will have been Mary Therese-Delate, our appreciation for the their restoration efforts as made regarding which of former president of the patience and cooperation closely as possible, they three park locations the guild, told council mem- of the village of Tequesta want to see just how it building will be moved to bers and Paterno that a during this period of study was originally set up and and the process of moving Save the Old Depot com- before the depot is moved what was included inside," is expected to begin. mittee has been formed from the site of a future Moretto said. "We are ready and will- to work with Jupiter. It in- park in Tequesta," Delate "They want anyone ing to wait for that time cludes Golonka, Assistant said. who may have old interior frame to occur, so we can Town Manager Anne Ly- shots to send them to a move ahead with clear- special email address — ing the land for our Green saveolddepot@gmail.com. Park space," said Paterno. If the photos can't be sent The three parks being electronically, just call our considered are: village manager's office at ■ A parcel adjacent to 561-741-2214 and we will the Sawfish Bay Park on make arrangements to get Alternate AlA (closest to them," she said. where it originally stood). Further updates about ■ Jupiter Lighthouse the project took place Oct. Park. 13 when the Tequesta Vil- ■ Jupiter Inlet Village lage Council invited Jupi- Park, next to Guanabanas ter Mayor Karen Golonka Restaurant. and members of the Loxa- At the meeting, Loxa- hatchee Guild, a histori- hatchee Guild members cal preservation/educa- again reiterated their de- tion society, to attend a sire to help with restora-