The C'dale Preservation Commission voted 6 to 1 last night to deny approval for Home Rentals' application to demolish the Stotlar House on West Walnut, with local landlord Ed Van Awken the only vote in favor of approval, saying he still needed more answers to questions. I'm not sure, why, if he needed more answers, he voted to go ahead with the demolition in lieu of them.
The meeting ran about 2 hours long and was much better attended than the typical Preservation Committee meeting, with Arbor District members in attendance, as well as representatives from the Murphrysboro Preservation Commission as well as a larger than ususal number of city staff and representatives from several news organizations. One commission member termed the meeting "a zoo".
There's now a moratorium on further demolition of the house until March 1. The next step for Home Rentals will probably be to appeal the commission's decision to the city council.
Update: WSIL has some more on the story.
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