Sutton Park gazebo in need of rehabilitation to preserve a piece of regional history
Cheney City Administrator Mark Schuller examines the condition of the underside of the historic Sutton Park gazebo. The city is looking at rehabilitating the popular structure that dates back to late 19th-century North Idaho.
When work begins later this spring on rehabilitating Sutton Park's gazebo, residents shouldn't just look at it as an effort to preserve a popular location for concerts, movies and other events in Cheney.
Residents should look at it as an effort to preserve a piece of history - history stretching all the way back to late 19th, early 20th century Coeur d'Alene.
The gazebo came to Cheney from the grounds of Fort Wright College in Spokane, being reassembled by community members and reopened after a dedication ceremony in 1984. It has seen much use since then, and that along with weather has led to...
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