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Perryville facility to be demolished May 1
Because “it’s not often that we get a modern house to train in,” the former manager’s house at Perryville Battlefield’s Gibson Farm will not be demolished until May 1, according to Kurt Holman, the battlefield’s park manager.
The house, located on White’s Road, is being used for training purposes by the Boyle County Fire Department and local law enforcement teams.
The house and surrounding farm were sold to the Perryville Enhancement Project in 2002 and the park planned to demolish the dwelling and several other outbuildings to restore the landscape to its original 1862 appearance.
Holman said the other buildings have been removed and demolition of the former manager’s house was delayed so it could be used for basic and advanced training in room clearing and hostage taking.
From 2002-06, the house was used as the park manager’s quarters until a new building was acquired in August 2006.
The Perryville Battlefield staff and Boyle County Public Works will remove the structure.
The former Gibson farm is known as the High Water Mark of the Confederacy in the West and marked the furthest advance of Confederate forces at the Battle of Perryville on Oct. 8, 1862.
Near the house's location, the 22nd Indiana Infantry sustained the highest percentage loss of any unit at Perryville and Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk narrowly escaped capture on a reconnaissance.
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