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“ From the beginning we thought of it as a dignified landmark that would house only studios and small shops, attracting tourists, but more importantly, catering to county interests,” Basset told the local paper.
He said he turned down several potential tenants because he felt they didn’ t fit in with what he thought the landmark building should be.
The building was completely rejuvenated with new concrete floors and partitions. Air conditioning was added along with other improvements.
Local artists Fred Rigley, Clayton Baker, Kaye Pool, Lillian Dunnigan, and Dorthea Frantz moved in. Other new tenants included a kindergarten, dance studio, and a craft workshop, The Heritage Shop, Farm Bureau Insurance, and Brown County Office Supply.
At that time, the adjoining alley on the east side of the building, Honeysuckle Lane, was opened for the first time and paved“ straight through to Franklin Street” with an eye to creating an“ Artists Lane” to connect with Alice Weaver’ s“ Antique Alley.”
In 1967 the building was sold to the Walter Miller family. After his retirement, Walter and June Miller established a gift and antique store on the second floor.
In 1977, Frank Miller established The Candy Dish and Richard Miller established Miller’ s Ice Cream House, both on the ground floor. Frank Miller opened The Harvest Preserve shop in 1980.
Today, the building remains much as it was built, inside and out. The interior stairways and corridors, offices, and lodge areas retain their original character. The B3 Gallery occupies the central second floor space. Artist’ s studios and River Light Yoga occupy the old lodge rooms on the third floor, which is closed to visitors.
B3 Gallery offers Indiana-made functional and fine art with a selection of jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery, glass, woodworking, fiber arts, mosaics, and more.
On the ground floor, flocks of visitors tend to their sweeter attractions at the long-time Nashville people pleasers; the Candy Dish, Harvest Preserve, and Miller’ s Ice Cream.
The Candy Dish is a wonderland of confectionary treats including homemade fudge, handmade chocolates, 50 flavors of taffy, gourmet caramels, hard candy, imported licorice, kid’ s novelty candy, and roasted nuts.
Miller’ s has been serving real ice cream, featuring 23 famous flavors plus one special seasonal flavor, all made the old-fashioned way. At the height of the season, they make over 100 gallons of ice cream a day. •
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