"Maplewood" is a former Ball brothers house that has been used by Ball Corp. and spinoff companies as a guest house since the 1980s.(Photo: Seth Slabaugh/The Star Press)
MUNCIE — The Ball Brothers Foundation is uncertain how one of the historic Ball mansions will be used after glassmaker Ardagh Group moves its headquarters in Muncie to Fishers.
In 1982, the foundation began leasing "Maplewood," the William C. and Emma Ball Home, to Ball Corp., as a guesthouse.
It subsequently has been used as a guesthouse for Ball-Foster Corp., Saint-Gobain, Verallia and Ardagh, the last trace in Muncie of glass manufacturing.
"They're the last one," said Jud Fisher, president of the foundation. "Obviously, this is fresh, so we have no plans really for the building right now."
Ardagh recently announced that its 200 employees in Muncie will be relocated to Fishers no later than the end of this year.
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