{"id":10759,"date":"2014-09-29T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=10759"},"modified":"2014-09-29T13:56:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T17:56:50","slug":"nichols-house-frat-no-longer-maybe-historic-preservation-vcc-2014-09-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/nichols-house-frat-no-longer-maybe-historic-preservation-vcc-2014-09-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Nichols House frat no longer; maybe historic preservation @ VCC 2014-09-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nLAKE has video, but meanwhile, so you can prepare for the\r\nOct. 1st talk about that historic Nichols House<\/a>,\r\nhere’s some background.\r\n

\r\n\r\nChip Harp wrote for Valdosta Today 17 September 2014<\/a>,\r\n

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\r\nIn\r\n\r\nlast week’s Valdosta City Council meeting<\/a>, Council voted 5-2 in\r\nfavor of re-zoning nearly 4 acres of land in the Alden Park\r\nCommunity, near the campus. Some neighbors in the community stand\r\nfirmly against the development, which would include a 180-bed\r\nstudent housing complex, and say it takes away from their\r\nneighborhood, based on a report from WCTV’s Winnie Wright.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nWinnie Wright reported for WCTV 16 September 2014,\r\n\r\nThe Historic Standing Of One Home Could Determine Future Of Surrounding Community<\/a>,\r\n

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\r\nPreservation may provide residents the block they seek. The Valdosta\r\nHistoric Preservation Commission claims one house, the so-called\r\nNicols House, could determine the future of the entire neighborhood.\r\nThe house was most recently home to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon\r\nfraternity as a tenant.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“Because an application has been filed for that historic\r\ndesignation, there’s interim protection, currently in place for the\r\nNicols house”, says Emily Foster, City of Valdosta Historic\r\nPreservation Planner. That application will at least delay further\r\naction by the developers.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nWhy is a former fraternity house so special? According to the\r\nPreservation Commission the architectural style is important. Is it?\r\nThat is always the question in the Progress versus Preservation\r\ndebate.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nHere’s the timeline. On October 6th, The Preservation Commission\r\nwill make a recommendation to The City as to their opinion of the\r\nsignificance of the structure. Then, on October 23rd, Valdosta City\r\nCouncil will vote on the home’s historic status. If deemed Historic,\r\nthe commission will have to give permission, to move the home,\r\ndemolish it, or re-purpose the house.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nChip Harp added:\r\n

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\r\nAccording to reports, the Attorney for the Alden Park Home Owners\r\nAssociation has filed an Ante Litem Notice with The City of Valdosta\r\nbecause of the rezoning request.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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