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Lack Of Fowler House Bidders Leaves Its Future In Question

Stan Jastrzebski
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WBAA News

For months, a sign outside the Moses Fowler mansion at the corner of 9th and South streets in Lafayette has exhorted passersby to make an offer on the 150-year old property.

For months, not a single offer has come through.

Now, the Tippecanoe County Historical Association, which has owned the property for 75 years, wants to divest itself of the 11,000-square foot house and the 1.8 acres of land on which it sits.

Association Vice President Terry Edgell says the group will want the next owner to abide by some stipulations relating to the home's historic nature, but the primary concern is selling the property so it doesn't continue to eat into the TCHA's bottom line.

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