SAVE THE JIM WEST MANSION!
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SAVE THE JIM WEST MANSION! August 2008 This petition supports the preservation of the Jim West Mansion, a national historical and architectural treasure located on the shores of Clear Lake, near Houston, Texas. The Jim West Mansion is a 17,000-square-foot Italian Renaissance mansion designed by renowned Houston architect Joseph Finger (who also designed Houston
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This petition is sponsored by Houstorian and Amnesia Houston.
http://houstorian.wordpress.com/
http://www.amnesiahouston.org/
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LINKS:
Greater Houston Preservation Alliance\'s Endangered Buildings List
http://ghpa.org/endangered/
Texas Historical Commission Listing
http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/common/viewform.aspatlas_num=2094001015&site_name=West%2C%20James%20and%20Jessie%2C%20Mansion&class=2001
Houston Deco Feature
http://www.houstondeco.org/1920s/west.html
Preserved in Time, Inc.
http://preservedintime.org/
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NEWS:
\"Building Watch Update: West Mansion May Get Five Year Lease on Life\" - Houstonist, 4/19/07
http://houstonist.com/2007/04/19/building_watch_4.php
\"How the West Won\" - Houston Chronicle, 4/18/07
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/gray/4728673.html
\"Down at the Villa\" - Houston House & Home, 2/2007
http://www.houseandhomeonline.com/home/documents/houpp_0207_hou.pdf
\"Preservationists Work to Save Landmark West Mansion\" - khou.com, 2/15/07
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou070215_tnt_westmansion.2d856e5.html
\"Five Local Sites Added to State\'s Most Endangered List\" - Houstonist, 2/7/07
http://houstonist.com/2007/02/07/five_local_sites_added_to_states_most_endangered_list.php
\"Preservation Texas Announces Fourth Annual List of Texas\' Most Endangered Historical Places\" - Preservation Texas, 2/7/07
http://www.preservationtexas.org/endangered/2007.htm
\"Endangered List Grows\" - Houston Chronicle, 1/13/07
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4468283.html
\"Former Rocket Acquires Historic Site Along Clear Lake\" - Houston Chronicle, 10/26/06
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mplid=2006_4216670
\"Building Watch: James Marion West Mansion\" - Houstonist, 10/25/06
http://houstonist.com/2006/10/25/building_watch_2.php
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