Historic School's Owner Seeks Help in RestorationHistoric School's Owner Seeks Help in Restoration

5/6/13 - A historic schoolhouse in Putnam Township is facing demolition unless someone steps up to save the structure. David Keller put a "for rent" sign outside the Hicks School but says it's temporary. The former schoolteacher wants help preserving and relocating the 1850 building. Otherwise he'll have the building razed. Keller bought the one-room schoolhouse for $25,000 in December from Pinckney Community Schools. He owns three duplexes near the schoolhouse and plans to build another at the site. Efforts to strike a deal with the Livingston Centre Historical Society to take on the building failed because the society cannot afford it. The 924-square-foot red building has been dormant for at least the past five years. (JK)