MARQUETTE, MI (AP)-- A Gwinn man wants to turn a long-ago abandoned orphanage in Marquette into a transitional house for homeless veterans.
Larry Stille of Gwinn hopes to get financing to remodel the former Holy Family Orphanage so it can house 68 to 70 residents. Stille served in the Navy from 1981 to 1985 and says he used to be homeless.
Stille says the building is owned by Meranto Living Trust in Las Vegas. He estimates it would cost $5 million to $10 million to renovate the structure, which was built in 1915 and has been vacant since 1981.
He plans to start a nonprofit to raise funds for the project and to apply for a Veterans Administration grant.