Detour Tomorrow , I gotta Do this Yard. IF He lets me
Owner seeking to bar demolition of Neale mansion
BUCK RUN — Despite his efforts to repair the historic James B. Neale Mansion, the building’s owner is facing action by Foster Township officials to have the building razed in as soon as two months.
In response, mansion owner Dennis Hewes, Cressona, filed a brief Friday asking a judge not to order the demolition of the historic building.
Hewes had spent his Thursday afternoon making repairs at the mansion, which is tucked away in Buck Run a few minutes’ drive off Route 901.
The stretch of Hill Road leading to the building is tight, and once ended at a gate before the mansion. The gate is gone, but still standing is a sprawling structure that had quarters for even a coachman and doctor.
Civil engineer Charles Yourshaw marvelled at the construction of the building, including parts with two-foot thick stone walls.
“Look at the ceiling,” he said while giving a tour of the building. “You don’t see any leaking, any deterioration, any rotten wood.”
However, the township views the property differently.
On Aug. 20, Foster Township asked Schuylkill County Judge John E. Domlakes to order Hewes to raze the mansion, built in 1900, within 60 to 90 days.
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Owner seeking to bar demolition of Neale mansion
BUCK RUN — Despite his efforts to repair the historic James B. Neale Mansion, the building’s owner is facing action by Foster Township officials to have the building razed in as soon as two months.
In response, mansion owner Dennis Hewes, Cressona, filed a brief Friday asking a judge not to order the demolition of the historic building.
Hewes had spent his Thursday afternoon making repairs at the mansion, which is tucked away in Buck Run a few minutes’ drive off Route 901.
The stretch of Hill Road leading to the building is tight, and once ended at a gate before the mansion. The gate is gone, but still standing is a sprawling structure that had quarters for even a coachman and doctor.
Civil engineer Charles Yourshaw marvelled at the construction of the building, including parts with two-foot thick stone walls.
“Look at the ceiling,” he said while giving a tour of the building. “You don’t see any leaking, any deterioration, any rotten wood.”
However, the township views the property differently.
On Aug. 20, Foster Township asked Schuylkill County Judge John E. Domlakes to order Hewes to raze the mansion, built in 1900, within 60 to 90 days.
Property
http://www.republicanherald.com/art...0080902.a.pg1.pr02mansion_s1.1914237_top2.txt
I'll Run out sunday again & see if he's there.
