A new bed and breakfast option is planned for Gainesville once renovations are finished on the 135-year-old building.
The McCreary House (815 E University Ave.) was bought for $1 before being hoisted onto a truck in 1975 and rolled several blocks east of downtown Gainesville. The plan was to renovate and reopen the historic home. But documents show the costs exceeded expectations, and after some initial work, the building remained unfinished and unused for the past 50 years.
Steven Lara and Jianne Apostol, fiancés, purchased the McCreary House and the adjacent empty lot in August, and workers soon installed a new roof, gutted the interior and started fixing the facade with oversight from the city’s Historic Preservation Board…