morning with the landscaping crew putting the
finishing touches on the Homewood Police
Department entrance. (Photos by Eric Crump/
H-F Chronicle)
memory of Paul Buckley
has a new home on the
southwest corner of a
courtyard in front of
the Homewood Police
Department. Buckley died
in 1920, the first and only
Homewood officer to be
killed in the line of duty,
according to “Homewood
Through the Years,” by
Jim Wright.
Crews were at work Tuesday laying brick pavers in front of the Homewood Police Department, the last stage of a project that began in the summer to upgrade the entrance to the headquarters building.
Public Works Director John Schaefer said the project timeline was drawn out by several months because of the time it took to work out design issues and find a landscaping contractor who met the requirements for the job.
The main portion of the project was the demolition of the original stairs and ramp leading to the building and the removal of a tree. New stairs and ramp with more accessible design were finished several months ago.
