PRESERVATION COMMITTEE TOURS BATTERY BLDG

THE SIOUXLAND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE WAS GIVEN A TOUR OF THE BATTERY BUILDING FRIDAY MORNING.

THE BUILDING WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO A HARD ROCK CASINO AND HOTEL THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED BY SIOUX CITY ENTERTAINMENT.

COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JIM JUNG TOURED THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SAYS THE BATTERY BUILDING IS ONE OF SIOUX CITY'S JEWELS:



THE BATTERY BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1906. JUNG SAYS PRESERVING IT IS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO THE COMMISSION:



JUNG SAYS THE BOMGAARS FAMILY, WHICH OWNS THE BUILDING, HAS BEEN A GREAT CARETAKER OF THE STRUCTURE.