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From: "Cheryl Wolf" <cheryl.wolf@gmail.com>
List Editor: h-nj@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU
Editor's Subject: ANN: Update on Greek Revival building in Freehold, NJ threatened with demolition
Author's Subject: ANN: Update on Greek Revival building in Freehold, NJ threatened with demolition
Date Written: Thu, November 5, 2009 2:11 pm
Date Posted: Sat, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:13 -0500


I am pleased to report that the Freehold Borough Historic Preservation
Commission asked the developer to come back with a plan that preserves and
rehabs the historic 1830 section of the Richmond House and to locate new
construction behind it. The Freehold Historic Preservation Commission will
meet on Monday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 pm at Borough Hall on West Main Street to
review the new plans. The commission seems to understand that they can
demand more and don't have to accept whatever is offered by developers. It
will be interesting to see if the new plan successfully integrates the old
with the new. Please come out if you can make it - the commissioners need
all the encouragement they can get and we need to make it clear that the
only obstacle to preserving Richmond House is a lack of imagination.

http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2009/1104/front_page/007.html

Contact Wayne Mason at waynejmason@verizon.net  for more information.

Regards-
Cheryl Wolf

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