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Old 02-18-2014, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Beryana View Post
(RE: ZTA house) As a historic preservationist, it is actually sad that the owner really doesn't have a say in whether a site receives a local designation that has such huge financial implications attached to it! Mind you, I have no clue what the actual criteria are for such a local designation. I know historic districts, which require specific boundaries and 50% of the occupants approval for it to form and can control what changes a property owner can make to a building, including windows.
I believe a member of our Iota chapter there told me that the Delta Gamma house COULD have been designated historic, but they chose to modify it to accommodate a wheelchair-bound member. The modifications disqualified it for historic status.
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