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What: Colonel Robert S. Robertson House
Where: 635 W. Berry St. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Threat: Demolition
A friend in Fort Wayne, Indiana contacted me about a preservation issue there. One of their historic downtown churches, Trinity Episcopal (a designated local landmark and in an National Register listed district) was recently gifted two buildings next to its church building. The building right next to the church is a 1960s or so commercial building, but the building next to it (and on a corner) is the former home of Col. Robert S. Robertson, a Civil War officer, Medal of Honor recipient and former Lt. Governor of Indiana (for 2 years in the mid-late 1880s). The church has agreed to give the house to Fort Wayne's historic preservation organization, ARCH, to be moved-but was only given several weeks to do so. Furthermore, there are no funds to move the house. While the house has lost most of its historic integrity, its association with an important historic community figure should be recognized. It is hoped that the church will recognize this and find an appropriate use for this structure, especially during this first year of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
Robertson served in the 93rd New York Infantry. A wartime photograph of him can be found here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8026096@N04/2917740007/
A biography about Robertson can be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/colonelrobertsro00publ
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You can write and express your support for the preservation of this structure to:
Trinity Episcopal Church, 611 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne, 46802 (Rev. Dr. Thomas P. Hansen).
Thanks!
Where: 635 W. Berry St. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Threat: Demolition
A friend in Fort Wayne, Indiana contacted me about a preservation issue there. One of their historic downtown churches, Trinity Episcopal (a designated local landmark and in an National Register listed district) was recently gifted two buildings next to its church building. The building right next to the church is a 1960s or so commercial building, but the building next to it (and on a corner) is the former home of Col. Robert S. Robertson, a Civil War officer, Medal of Honor recipient and former Lt. Governor of Indiana (for 2 years in the mid-late 1880s). The church has agreed to give the house to Fort Wayne's historic preservation organization, ARCH, to be moved-but was only given several weeks to do so. Furthermore, there are no funds to move the house. While the house has lost most of its historic integrity, its association with an important historic community figure should be recognized. It is hoped that the church will recognize this and find an appropriate use for this structure, especially during this first year of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
Robertson served in the 93rd New York Infantry. A wartime photograph of him can be found here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8026096@N04/2917740007/
A biography about Robertson can be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/colonelrobertsro00publ
Additional coverage...
You can write and express your support for the preservation of this structure to:
Trinity Episcopal Church, 611 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne, 46802 (Rev. Dr. Thomas P. Hansen).
Thanks!
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