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- Posted on 08.14.05
A couple of days at home at the end of last week gave me a chance to mix some deferred home maintenance with some postponed office reading.
Earlier this year, the feds advised us that a new “Gravois-Jefferson Streetcar Suburb Historic District” encompassing the Benton Park West and Gravois Park neighborhoods has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a good thing. The listing paves the way for a new surge of historic rehab in those nabes.
Dozens of people residents, investors, elected officials, and City staff deserve credit for pursuing the nomination. I would especially like to thank Aldemen Ken Ortmann and Craig Schmid, and the staff of the Cultural Resources Office, for their diligence.
The same sort of hard working is going on in other City neighborhoods, too.
Every three months, the City’s Preservation Board reviews new district and individual listings on the National Register. These listings encourage the preservation and rehabilitation of the City’s unique historic properties by making them eligible for state and federal historic tax credits. If you haven’t been down to watch the Preservation Board’s deliberative process, you should try to.
In July, the Preservation Board voted to support the following nominations: