Ms. Holtz stated she was part of the bloodline of the Frank family that was born and |
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raised on the property, noting her mother still resided at 1290 E. Auburn, as does her |
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cousin, Ray Frank, who resides at 1356 E. Auburn Road. She commented that the |
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third house, 1344 E. Auburn Road was still within the Frank family. She noted the |
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rental property, 1304 E. Auburn Road, is no longer in the family. |
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Ms. Holtz stated the family members had concerns that there were elderly family |
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residents residing at 1356 E. Auburn and 1290 E. Auburn, and eventually the next |
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generation would inherit those properties. The next generation’s concern about |
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becoming a designated historical property is that the houses were built in the late |
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1940s, modified in the 1950s, and the structures themselves did not really have any |
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historical significance. She agreed the property had been in the Frank family since the |
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early 1800s, but if it became a historic district, it would be difficult to sell the property. |
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She noted the children of the current residents would not be living on the property, |
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and that was one of their biggest concerns. She commented that had the designation |
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happened twenty years ago and there was something of great building significance left, |
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she would be One Hundred Percent for the designation and would have pitched in to |
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help it along. However, unfortunately now it would become a white elephant if it |
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became a historic district. She did not know how they could sell the properties or |
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market them when people were looking for new modern, updated items, and these |
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were just older, single-story family homes. She stated it would be very difficult to |
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entice buyers, other than the fact they sat on a lot of property. If the property is |
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designated historic, then the existing homes could not be razed and new homes built. |
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