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146$22.00Some sit vacant along desolate country roads, surrounded by cropland, weedy fields, or scrubby woods. Others stand ignored, as they slowly deteriorate in big cities and small towns. They were the pride of their communities, meeting the needs of generations of Hoosiers, as places of learning, worship, refuge, or justice. They were built for the common good but, in time, they outlived their usefulness. Perhaps the population moved on, or they were inadequate in some way, or just too costly to maintain. Whatever the reason, each was closed up, left behind and, too often, forgotten.John Bower has captured the essence of these once-vital structures from our collective past in emotionally moving blackand-white photographs. Images of forlorn schools, churches, county homes, jails, and more, from all across Indiana, are preserved on these pages%u2014as the buildings themselves slowly turn to dust.The Common GoodAn Indiana heritage built with taxes, tithes, and tuitionMemorial Auditorium, Gary Public Schools, 1925%u2014Gary, Lake Co.