Summer Kitchen demolition

Friday, November 30, 2012

James R. Campbell

Vernon County Historical Society volunteers Dick Meisenheimer, Joe Johnson and Don McQueen razed a small brick building known as the "Summer Kitchen" next to the Bushwhacker Jail Nov. 30 in Nevada. It was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to cook for prisoners.

Dick Meisenheimer, left, and Joe Johnson of Missouri Mule Mud Co. of Milo watch as the historic "summer kitchen" building adjacent to the Old County Jail is pulled down. The building was razed because it had become dangerous and would have been too expensive to restore, Vernon County Historical Society officials said.