JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Kim Pryor looked on and cried as a historic home in Springfield came crashing to the ground.
“Every home in our nationally recognized historic district is important,” said Pryor, who is on the board of directors for Preservation SOS.
Pryor said she was at a meeting with the city, and was told only the back porch would come down. She said they would look at the stability of the structure before deciding if any more of it needed to come down.
“I don't know how that decision could have been made in the amount of time they were here this morning,” said Pryor.
Pryor said the home, which was built in the early 1900s, shouldn’t have been torn down, but instead refurbished.
“These structures were built over a hundred years ago. They’ve seen craftsmanship that we no longer have. A lot of this stuff was hand-carved,” she said.
We reached out to the city to see if we could get the inspection reports and demolition records and find out why the entire home had to go.
They said, “A city and private engineer evaluated the structure for safety and stability. After removing the rear addition, it was determined that the remaining structure was too unstable/unsafe to remain and was therefore also removed.”