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Above: Map depicting proposed move of
the 3315 N. Alexander Street house. Below: proposed new location for the
3315 N. Alexander Street house. The house shown below, located at 605 E.
37th Street, would be demolished.
Above: proposed site plan if house is
left in place. Below: proposed site plan if house were moved.
Below: three photographs depicting the
restoration of the 3315 N. Alexander Street house. January, 1995.
Below: the
Mercury
Street Mill House was restored entirely with private funds.
Staff
recommendation: Staff recommends that permission to relocate the house be
denied.
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1. The
relocation of a historic structure should never be undertaken unless
the house would otherwise be destroyed.
2. Because the
house is on a corner lot and faces Alexander St., its fundamental
historic ambience will remain intact even if the apartment complex
is built.
3. The
entire neighborhood is a National Register Historic District.
Consequently, any arguments about the proposed new location being
more suitable are fallacious.
4. The
moving of the house to the proposed new site would result in the
destruction of a contributing building in the North Charlotte
National Register Historic District.
5. The
proposed relocation of the house is not in keeping with the wishes
of the owner who entered into the deed covenants. |
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