On Thursday, October 11, 2018, donors of the Heritage Foundation’s Old, Old Jail project gathered with staff and board members to celebrate the official unveiling of the new LeHew Magid Big House for Historic Preservation. Check out Brentwood Home Page’s story below for all the details!
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By Brooke Wanser
Preservation leaders in Williamson County gathered Thursday for the re-dedication of the Old, Old Jail as the LeHew Magid Big House for Historic Preservation, after three people paid off the building’s $1 million in debt earlier this year.
Calvin and Marilyn LeHew and Emily Magid retired the note for $915,000 in debt on the building, earning them distinction in the naming.
The LeHews previously donated $1 million for the rehabilitation of the Old, Old Jail in 2014, and have been longtime preservationists in Franklin.
Magid has been called “the angel of the Franklin Theatre” for her donation to the Heritage Foundation to purchase the theatre in 2007, and chaired the Heritage Ball this September.
A Nashville native, Magid can be found volunteering at the Heritage Foundation each Tuesday, something she has done for the past two decades.
The Heritage Foundation purchased the building in 2013. It has the distinction of being the county’s second jail; the Old, Old, Old Jail was in the neighboring building to the north, while the newer Old Jail was decimated in the 2010 flood and later torn down.