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Mount Airy landmark may get second chance

Unlocking a side door to the abandoned Nugent Home for Baptists, James Nolen steps into the darkness of the chateau-style landmark in Mount Airy. He aims a flashlight down a long corridor littered with fallen plaster, trash, and glass shards.

CAPTION CORRECTION Jim Nolen,right, and Rick Sudall are restoring the old Nugent Home for Baptist ministers at 221 W. Johnson Street in Mt. Airy/Germantown into affordable apartments for senior citizens. Photos taken on Monday, April 23, 2012 ( RON CORTES / Staff Photographer ).
CAPTION CORRECTION Jim Nolen,right, and Rick Sudall are restoring the old Nugent Home for Baptist ministers at 221 W. Johnson Street in Mt. Airy/Germantown into affordable apartments for senior citizens. Photos taken on Monday, April 23, 2012 ( RON CORTES / Staff Photographer ).Read moreRon Cortes
    by Jennifer Lin, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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