20170517 - Hunt School House Demo (HRB)

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Long-time Huntley resident Charles Akerberg watches as a crew from McHenry Excavating demolishes of the old Huntley Schoolhouse on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 on Main Street in Huntley. Akerberg's mother attended school in the building and his sister rented an apartment in the building. The original portion of the school was built in 1875 and added to in 1909. In about 1955, the school was turned into apartments.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com The cross arop the First Congregational Church of Huntley can be seen through a window through the gapping hole in the back wall of the old Huntley Schoolhouse on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 11624 Main Street in Huntley. The church bought the property in 2006 for a future building expansion, village documents show.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Using an excavator McHenry Excavating's Matt Rogulic retrives a bathtub from the old Huntley Schoolhouse on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 during the demolition at 11624 Main Street in Huntley.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com A crew from McHenry Excavating picks wood out of a pile of bricks and soaks debris with water during the demolition of the old Huntley Schoolhouse on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 11624 Main Street in Huntley. The bricks concrete and some wood beams will be recycled.