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This undated photo shows 701 Grant while it was still being actively used as a church: <br />In a 2010 interview with then -owner Buddy Day, he stated that it was his understanding that the original <br />sanctuary part of the building was lifted so that a concrete foundation and basement could be added. <br />This may have been done as part of the remodeling work performed in 1966, as described in the text of <br />a Louisville Times article that appears in Appendix V. <br />By 1967, Church leaders made the decision to build a new church building with more space for a <br />growing congregation and to sell 701 Grant. The property was sold in 1971 and services began to be <br />held in the new building in 1972. The exact date of the last services at 701 Grant could not be located. <br />(Former owner Buddy Day stated that he believed that the front and side decks were more recent <br />additions. Appendix VII contains the text of a 1983 article about remodeling done at that time, which <br />may have included this change plus the construction of the small addition to the north side of the <br />building.) <br />3. The Building's History as a Residence, 1971-Present <br />A. Reindl Ownership, 1971-1976 <br />In 1971, as Baptist Church leaders prepared for the construction of a new church building on South <br />Boulder Rd., they sold 701 Grant to Warren and Lois Reindl. A Louisville directory from 1974 listed them <br />as living there at that time. <br />B. Michael Jenkins Ownership, 1976-1988 <br />In 1976, the Reindls sold 701 Grant to Jack and Donnette Nair. The same year, they sold it to Michael <br />Jenkins. Michael Jenkins would end up owning it for 12 years, until 1988. <br />During Michael Jenkins' ownership, the first of two lawsuits against the City of Louisville concerning this <br />property were filed. One was resolved against the City and the other was for the City. Michael Jenkins <br />sued the City of Louisville for damages on the basis that the City caused repeated backups of sewage <br />into his building. In 1982, the court ordered the City to pay $150,000 in damages, and this was later <br />reported to have been changed to a settlement of over $100,000 that the City of Louisville's insurer paid <br />7 <br />