SHELTON, Neb. (AP) — The owner who planned to refurbish an abandoned 107-year-old school building is offering a $10,000 reward for information on whoever was responsible for a fire that destroyed it.

Thomas Johnson, of Juniata, put up the reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those who caused the July 5 fire south of Shelton.

Johnson moved the school building in 1998 from Assumption in Adams County to south of Shelton on the banks of the Platte River. Johnson initially wanted to remodel the school into a bed and breakfast.

At the time of the fire, the building and one acre of land was for sale for $198,000.

Anyone with information about the fire is asked to contact the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office.