Historic Boone County church to be renovated as community center by local couple

Historic Boone County church to be renovated as community center by local couple

LEBANON Tracey and Robert Tranum are working to renovate a former Baptist church in downtown Lebanon and turn the historic building into a community gathering space that would include apartments, free services and recreational areas. The church has stood in downtown Lebanon since the early 1900s. The Tranums bought the property about three years ago, saying it needed extensive work. They paid for a new roof and repaired the historic brick. That …