![]() "Second of all, they can’t assume the liability that would happen if anybody were ever to get hurt there. "First of all, the township doesn’t have jurisdiction to do that," Forsyth said. But he said the Town Board can't supersede the authority of the State Fire Marshal. Grant Forsyth, planning commission chairman for Midway Township, confirmed that Nopeming sought a waiver of the corrections ordered in the inspector's report. We will keep working on a solution so we can continue tours and have Nopeming be part of the tourist attractions here in Duluth." "Hoping to find a happy medium - begin partial renovations but still have the history/haunt aspect present. This being said - we would not really have any reason to have tours of a brand-new renovated building and the historical/haunted aspect of Nopeming and its current draw would be lost. "This would mean that Nopeming would have to have running water, electricity, sprinkler system, fire alarm, etc., and be totally renovated to have any guests. "Town Board has voted down opening for tours until ALL items on Fire Marshal report are completed," one post states. Nopeming representatives did not return multiple calls and emails from the News Tribune this week, but the closure was addressed in two Facebook posts on Sept. They also offered nighttime flashlight sessions and Tours ran from May to October, with a fee of $25 for a one-hour day tour, according to the group's website. In hopes of raising funds to restore the facility. Louis County closing the facility in 2002.Īfter a series of transactions, the building came into the possession of nonprofit Orison Inc. It was repurposed as a nursing home in 1971, with St. Situated in the woods off Interstate 35, Nopeming opened in 1912 as the first of what would be 13 sanitariums in Minnesota to treat tuberculosis. But that never occurred, with Cole ordering the building to remain closed to visitors until a licensed architect verifies 15 violations have been remedied. The facility hoped to open its doors this summer for a fourth season of tours. (The) building appears to have structural damage with walls falling, numerous electrical wiring exposed throughout space damaged by water, no emergency lights and (no) exit signs." "The facility has no power in the building and all sprinkler and alarm systems are inactive. "The facility is very dilapidated and unsafe," inspector Travis Cole wrote. ![]() Nopeming, the former sanatorium offering historical and haunted tours just west of Duluth, will remain closed indefinitely after being cited for more than a dozen safety violations.Īn inspector from the Minnesota State Fire Marshal's Residential Care and Lodging Team issued the order after visiting the facility May 13 in response to a complaint, according to a report obtained by the News Tribune. ![]()
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