Iolan brings historic courthouse back to life

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July 21, 2016 - 12:00 AM

Larry Walden has a quick response if somebody asks him how much money he poured into building a scale model of the old Allen County Courthouse.

“I put a dollar in it,” he joked.

The dollar, Walden explained, is from four quarters he glued to the wood model, beneath replica flower pots adorning each of the four main entrances.

It’d be easier to describe the rest of his project as priceless.

Walden delivered the replica of Iola’s former landmark — the real one was demolished in 1959 — Wednesday to the Allen County Historical Society.

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