From the Times-News: 

Two years ago, the Kemmerer Carriage House, located at the end of Kemmerer Park in Jim Thorpe, was on the verge of destruction.

Vandalism and the degradation of time had transformed the once beautiful structure into a health and safety hazard. The Jim Thorpe Borough Council was weeks away from demolishing the structure, when John Drury stepped in with a plan to save the building.

Drury, who is a local entrepreneur and preservationist, also sits on the board of the Kemmerer Memorial Park Association. When he learned of the borough’s plans to raze the Carriage House, he told the Kemmer Park Board that he was willing to put his own money toward securing the building.

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