Cambric is cloth Tom. It's usually in decent shape in outlets, but it deteriorates with heat. Also the light is the major juncion box in the room and usually a small pan box. Sometimes you pull on the wires & all the insulation flakes off so you're left with a batch of bare wires.
The Dole Mansion with addition was the property of First Congregational Church of Crystal Lake for the past 20 or so years. Friendship House was the day care center...our children went there and we're members of FCC. The day care, church offices, banquet hall and third floor rooms were all in the large addition.
No halfway house. I don't know about community service, but the daycare had security entrance & fencing. The mansion itself was not occupied. I did some wiring in the day care center, but not the mansion. It would be a black hole for time.
It was recently sold to Lakeside Legacy and major repairs have been made with donated money, with a huge amount donated by Sage, a local company. It has a new roof with copper gutters and interesting carpentry details.
Dave
