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“When they would get tired of drinking and smoking cigars, this was a bifold door and shooting range,” explains Habel, open ing a cabinet to reveal a shooting galley that extends across an empty basement stretch and has pockmarked walls to prove it. The firm has since installed a new roof and converted

leased by nonprofit Tuesday Musical, which has hosted concerts there. After working in a historic landmark for 34 years, Habel misses simple moments that reminded him it was special — like the amazed look on new comers’ faces during firm Christmas parties or how neighborhood kids nick named it “Wayne Manor,”

Schreckenberger recalls bringing his young kids there when he worked on weekends. “They would run through the place. The office off the back stairway was the coolest thing,” he says. The two are proud to have restored the landmark

to its previous beauty and hope it will find new owners who appreciate this rare Progressive Era mansion. “It’s a labor of love,” Schreckenberger says. “I don’t consider us owners. I consider us caretakers.”

the carriage house into office space, currently

summoning to mind Batman’s mansion.

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