Yenowine-Nichols-Collins House
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The Yenowine-Nichols-Collins House was once on the National Register of Historic Places
in Georgetown, Indiana
. A fire took place on October 31, 2005, due to Halloween
arson
. The First Harrison Bank has plans to renovate the building into a new bank branch, assuming zoning approval. The house exterior will be returned to original appearance, but the rear will be modernized to serve for banking purposes.
The last of the descendants of the builders, Mabelle Collins, in 1983 created a "preservation easement
" that required that the house be kept in historical condition. This has stopped the owners since 1994, Charles and Lynda Meyer, in their attempts to use or sell the building as they wished.
The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
is helping with the recovery. This, after taking measures in 2004 to stop the moving of the building. HLFI has offered $10,000 for the arrest of the arsonist, but the Meyers have refused HLFI's demands that they add to the offer; the arson occurred two months after HLFI successfully sued the Meyers to use their own money to restore the house. At the time of the fire, the Meyers still had not done anything to restore the house, despite the ruling. The Meyers have stated they want the House to be considered a total loss.
In December 2007, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana announced that it had reached an agreement with First Harrison Bank that will guarantee the reconstruction of the Yenowine-Nichols-Collins House. The bank will purchase the structure (which is damaged beyond repair), salvage the bricks and other material and rebuild the home to its original appearance as part of a new bank branch.
On March 6, 2008, the House was removed from the National Register, as it had been torn down.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in Georgetown, Indiana
Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana
Georgetown is a town in Floyd County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,876 at the 2010 census.-Notable people:*R. Carlyle Buley, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1951, was born in Georgetown on July 8, 1893...
. A fire took place on October 31, 2005, due to Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
arson
Arson
Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...
. The First Harrison Bank has plans to renovate the building into a new bank branch, assuming zoning approval. The house exterior will be returned to original appearance, but the rear will be modernized to serve for banking purposes.
The last of the descendants of the builders, Mabelle Collins, in 1983 created a "preservation easement
Easement
An easement is a certain right to use the real property of another without possessing it.Easements are helpful for providing pathways across two or more pieces of property or allowing an individual to fish in a privately owned pond...
" that required that the house be kept in historical condition. This has stopped the owners since 1994, Charles and Lynda Meyer, in their attempts to use or sell the building as they wished.
The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
Indiana Landmarks is America's largest private statewide historic preservation organization. Founded as the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana by Indianapolis pharmaceutical executive Eli Lilly in 1960, the organization is a private non-governmental organization with nearly 11,000 members...
is helping with the recovery. This, after taking measures in 2004 to stop the moving of the building. HLFI has offered $10,000 for the arrest of the arsonist, but the Meyers have refused HLFI's demands that they add to the offer; the arson occurred two months after HLFI successfully sued the Meyers to use their own money to restore the house. At the time of the fire, the Meyers still had not done anything to restore the house, despite the ruling. The Meyers have stated they want the House to be considered a total loss.
In December 2007, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana announced that it had reached an agreement with First Harrison Bank that will guarantee the reconstruction of the Yenowine-Nichols-Collins House. The bank will purchase the structure (which is damaged beyond repair), salvage the bricks and other material and rebuild the home to its original appearance as part of a new bank branch.
On March 6, 2008, the House was removed from the National Register, as it had been torn down.
See also
- George B. Yenowine House (Middletown, KY)
- Yenowine-Kennedy House (Jeffersontown, KY)