tangent topic..... around my city (formed in late 1800's) there are churches (say 50-80 years old) that have been closed up and sold. Very weird to see an old church building now an office/store for an Insurance Restoration company and other typical commercial vendors.
I have not found a local 22 Jump Street-like church in my city. On Fri, May 25, 2018, 5:11 PM Tom Wolper, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 4:27 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow. At first I thought a lava flow had got it (My Hawaiian geography is >> vague and I just know that every so often I see more extraordinary footage >> of lava). >> >> If 1933 isn't historic in Hawaii then I wonder what is? You'd struggle to >> get planning permission to that in the UK and we have *loads* of historic >> buildings! >> > > Robin's Nest was on the island of Oahu and the volcano is on the island of > Hawaii (the big island). > > Getting historic status: there are multiple bodies that grant different > forms of historic status, from national historic landmarks, which are > decided by the federal government to state and city designations. From the > little I know of the process the property owner has to apply for historic > designation. If the status is granted the owner or any new owner has to get > approval for any external work done to the property in order to maintain > its character. So if someone is looking to sell a 1933 mansion they most > likely won't look for historic designation as it put a burden on buyers. > > In older cities religious organizations have a problem with too many > churches for dwindling con00-80 gregations. If a congregation can't > maintain a church the diocese or presbytery is stuck with a crumbling > vacant building that they have to protect and insure. When they announce > plans to demolish an old church preservation and community groups may rise > to try to protect the building by getting historic status against the > wishes of the owner. The preservation groups rarely win. > > In a case like Robin's Nest a group would have to apply for historic > status and make a case more compelling than the house was used for some TV > shows. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
