Keep the house. How can it be a Landmark and it is torn down?
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M Davis
7 years ago
Our family moved into this house in 1988 and lived there for 10 years. The 1893 Worlds Fair medallions in the floor were amazing. It was a HP Landmark when we moved in and I assumed that meant it could never be torn down. Shame on the Developers and the City of HP for thinking that this amazing piece of our history is no longer important. LONG LIVE WILLIAM WALTER WITTENS HOUSE!
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Please save our landmark.
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Liz Francis
7 years ago
So many fun times in this house.
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kathleen bunda
7 years ago
I believe this house should be saved! Landmark status needs to mean something, obviously this developer thought he could "buy it away" or he would not have even started the project. That is a shame! This house is sound and deserves to be preserved. Have the developer incorporate the entire structure as is in his project. I'm sure the seniors would appreciate having special events in this gorgeous home!
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Save the house
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Anonymous
7 years ago
I grew up in this house... please don't tear it down! So many families have amazing memories in this unique, one-of-a-kind landmark.
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Andrea Crain
7 years ago
This is a beautiful and very special house. It would be a crime to destroy it. What is the meaning of landmark status if it can be torn down so easily?
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Anonymous
7 years ago
I lived in this house for 10 years. We are very sad the house may be torn down!
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Elaine Fitzgerald
7 years ago
Please let's stop these developers that think there's a work around; when it's landmarked, it's done so for a reason.
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Kathleen Richards
7 years ago
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The developer had to know the landmark status of this house before he bought the surrounding houses for tear-down. This is cynical beyond belief to think that his money and pull would get the landmark status undone. I hope I am one of thousands who will fight for saving this house.
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Jim Lucas
7 years ago
Once torn down, you can never go back. Saving this home would probably be more profitable but would require careful thought, planning and some extra work.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
This is a landmark house. The west side of Highland Park contains some of the oldest homes in the community, residences of the craftsmen, merchants, and laborers who made Highland Park. Mr. Witten's wife Nellie was the daughter of pioneer residents. Mr. Witten was the proprietor of Highland Park Decorating Company, which he operated from the 1890s to the 1930s. A fixture in Highland Park, the business existed after 1916 in a building known as Witten Hall, the site of numerous community events and club meetings. Does HP celebrate 150 years of history in 2019 by destroying it?
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Once a landmark; always a landmark
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Caroline Dudkowski
7 years ago
Keep Highland Park architecture diverse, it will benefit the community over time. There are other options other than demolition - creatively reuse, move, etc. Once it is demolished, it is lost forever.
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Bob Schwartz
7 years ago
Let the developer develop other land. Save the landmark!
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Josh Nugent
7 years ago
This is a beautiful house with historic relevance to Highland Park and should not be torn down
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Please save this beautiful house
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Will Tippens
7 years ago
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I have had the honor of touring this house. The interior is quite extraordinary. It Seoul’s not be difficult to move this to the east end of the property and revise the site plan. It could be a win-win.
Keep the house. How can it be a Landmark and it is torn down?
Our family moved into this house in 1988 and lived there for 10 years. The 1893 Worlds Fair medallions in the floor were amazing. It was a HP Landmark when we moved in and I assumed that meant it could never be torn down. Shame on the Developers and the City of HP for thinking that this amazing piece of our history is no longer important. LONG LIVE WILLIAM WALTER WITTENS HOUSE!
Please save our landmark.
So many fun times in this house.
I believe this house should be saved! Landmark status needs to mean something, obviously this developer thought he could "buy it away" or he would not have even started the project. That is a shame! This house is sound and deserves to be preserved. Have the developer incorporate the entire structure as is in his project. I'm sure the seniors would appreciate having special events in this gorgeous home!
Save the house
I grew up in this house... please don't tear it down! So many families have amazing memories in this unique, one-of-a-kind landmark.
This is a beautiful and very special house. It would be a crime to destroy it. What is the meaning of landmark status if it can be torn down so easily?
I lived in this house for 10 years. We are very sad the house may be torn down!
Please let's stop these developers that think there's a work around; when it's landmarked, it's done so for a reason.
The developer had to know the landmark status of this house before he bought the surrounding houses for tear-down. This is cynical beyond belief to think that his money and pull would get the landmark status undone. I hope I am one of thousands who will fight for saving this house.
Once torn down, you can never go back. Saving this home would probably be more profitable but would require careful thought, planning and some extra work.
This is a landmark house. The west side of Highland Park contains some of the oldest homes in the community, residences of the craftsmen, merchants, and laborers who made Highland Park. Mr. Witten's wife Nellie was the daughter of pioneer residents. Mr. Witten was the proprietor of Highland Park Decorating Company, which he operated from the 1890s to the 1930s. A fixture in Highland Park, the business existed after 1916 in a building known as Witten Hall, the site of numerous community events and club meetings. Does HP celebrate 150 years of history in 2019 by destroying it?
Once a landmark; always a landmark
Keep Highland Park architecture diverse, it will benefit the community over time. There are other options other than demolition - creatively reuse, move, etc. Once it is demolished, it is lost forever.
Let the developer develop other land. Save the landmark!
This is a beautiful house with historic relevance to Highland Park and should not be torn down
Please save this beautiful house
I have had the honor of touring this house. The interior is quite extraordinary. It Seoul’s not be difficult to move this to the east end of the property and revise the site plan. It could be a win-win.
Save house