Nunnenkamp buys downtown building

Repair work has begun on damaged east wall

Work crews have been busy repairing a damaged portion of the east wall of the Jones Building, where bricks had fallen away in late January causing damage below. News-Register/Kurt Johnson
Work crews have been busy repairing a damaged portion of the east wall of the Jones Building, where bricks had fallen away in late January causing damage below. News-Register/Kurt Johnson

Efforts to repair what is known as the Jones Building on the downtown corner of the square have begun after a local man announced that he has purchased the aging structure with plans to refurbish it both inside and out.

Casey Nunnenkamp, a native of Aurora and 2010 AHS graduate, said he and his wife Chloe are in the business of flipping homes, though this is their first project involving a commerci…