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to Jenkins. The court ordered the City to solve the sewage problem. See Appendix VI to read the text of <br />a Louisville Times article dated March 23, 1983 regarding the lawsuit and the steps that the City took to <br />address the problem at 701 Grant. <br />Michael Jenkins reportedly used the funds to make some major renovations to the building. See <br />Appendix VII to read a Louisville Times article dated Nov. 9, 1983 and entitled "Old Louisville Baptist <br />Church Property Being Remodeled." It includes a photo of roof work that was performed on the <br />building. <br />According to a 2010 oral history interview with later owner Herbert "Buddy" Day, it was owner Michael <br />Jenkins who added the koi pond inside the residence. He also noted that Jenkins did design work on the <br />building at 732 Main when it became the Black Diamond restaurant with an actual mine tipple brought <br />in from New Mexico to add to the building. <br />These two photos show the annex, likely in the early 1980s, which was during Mike Jenkin's ownership. <br />The first photo shows Quentin Thomas standing in his garden at 700 Lincoln, with the back of 701 Grant <br />seen across the alley to the east. The second photo shows a similar view. <br />C. Arlin Lehman Ownership, 1988-1994 <br />In 1988, Arlin Lehman purchased this parcel. (The same year, he purchased 705 Grant next door, which <br />he owned until 1998.) <br />During his ownership, there was a second lawsuit concerning the property. Lehman said that he had <br />been told that he could convert some of the property into commercial offices that he would lease out. <br />He went to some expense to prepare the office space, and it turned out that it would not be permitted. <br />8 <br />