| | | | | | | | AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
ITEM: HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1860 West Montgomery Avenue, Villanova, Clairemont, Class 2, 2019-D-3
Consider for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners approval to demolish all structures on the property.
On February 25, 2019, the Historical Commission recommended approval subject to a 90-day delay of the demolition of all structures on the site, with the applicant to provide documentation of the garden follies, and the interior and exterior of the main historic resource, and the carriage house. |
| | | | | | | | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The Commission strongly encourages the School District to consider salvage beyond the proposed limited salvage and re-use of elements within the existing building, which it does support, but also through the re-use, sale, etc. of other historic materials on the site. The wholesale moving or disassembly and reconstruction of the carriage house for another purpose is also encouraged. Further, the Commission strongly urges the applicant to consider meaningful historical interpretation to be integrated into the site and proposed building. The Commission feels strongly that the total loss of a significant building and site, as this is documented to be, is a great loss to the community, and the interpretation and remembrance of that period of history should be recognized and acknowledged as part of the history of the community and the future history of the new proposed building. |
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