Historical property to become a home for recovering addicts

Home with Hope, Inc.

Is renovating and restoring the 1890's Queen Anne-style duplex.

Life changing resource.

And it's being done with the property's history in mind.

News 18's samantha thieke reports on home with hope's plans for the ferry street duplex.

Deanna mcmillan "right now it's an eyesore and we want to make it a source of pride."

A source of pride, with an emphasis on history.

Sean lutes "you have the high ceilings.

You've got the bullseye door frames, hardwood floors throughout, and queen anne woodwork on the exterior."

Home with hope is renovating and restoring the 1890's queen anne style duplex.

Sean lutes "solid studs throughout the house.

Even the banisters are original, and it's sturdy."

It's on ferry street, right next to home with hope's men's facility.

Someday it will become three quarter housing for those struggling with addiction.

And its location is key.

Allison miner "we will come in and check on them and make sure they're safe and make sure their focus is still their recovery."

The duplex will offer affordable housing for six people getting addiction recovery support.

But director of development deanna mcmillan says it comes at a cost.

Especially since it's being done with historical preservation in mind.

Sean lutes "we have functioning transoms above the doors.

That's a nineteenth century feature."

Sam-stand up s almost torn down because they thought the siding had asbestos in it, but it turns out, it doesn't, and now it's being restored.

Mcmillan says it's a representation of what's going to take place inside once it's finished."

Deanna mcmillan "if you look at the people who are in recovery, they had a past that maybe sometimes they would want to forget."

Although it may be hard to see it now... sean lutes "the hardwood floors in this house are in really good shape.

So we want to clean them up, polish them and really showcase them."

The home has a solid foundation.

Sean lutes "nothings squishy or sagging.

It just speaks volumes to how they used to build these houses with this solid wood."

That's something reflected in the lives that will be changed here someday.

Deanna mcmillan "we want to take the best of what's from the past and we want to restore it and we want to keep it and have it live into the future."

Samantha thieke, news 18.

The project is expected to cost about 150-thousand dollars.

Home with hope is still trying to raise money for the restoration.

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