Thursday, March 21, 2013
Council votes to loan $15,000 to historic house relocation effort
Kent City Council voted Wednesday to lend $15,000 to the effort to relocate the Wells Sherman House — but not without some opposition. Councilmen John Kuhar and Wayne Wilson voted against releasing the money for the loan, which will be used as part of the effort to permanently relocate the house to the greenspace at 247 N. Water St. Kuhar called the loan bad business on the city's part because there is no set promissory note or legal mortgage for the loan that spells out what would happen if the non-profit group receiving the loan, Kent Wells Sherman House, Inc., defaults on repayment. "I have yet to see a finished copy of the actual promissory note or mortgage note, but evidently there’s not going to be any mortgage because we’re not …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Court hearing scheduled on permanent injunction request
Efforts to relocate the historic Kent Wells Sherman House may be nearing an end. The Kent Community Development Department recently issued a foundation permit that would allow the non-profit working to move the house, Kent Wells Sherman House, Inc., to build a foundation for the house on the lot owned by the group at 247 N. Water St. And Portage County Common Pleas Judge John Enlow recently set a hearing date in the court battle over the relocation for March 1 on the permanent injunction request made by the Save the Standing Rock Garden, a group of residents who oppose moving the house to the greenspace on North Water Street. The foundation permit issued Feb. 12 only addresses the foundation. Other building code requirements of the …
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Request for oral hearing in case is denied
A Portage County judge has ruled that the court case over the relocation of a historic Kent house should not be reopened for further oral arguments. Portage County Common Pleas Judge John Enlow issued a ruling in the ongoing court case between two groups, the Kent Wells Sherman House, Inc., and Save the Standing Rock Garden, over the relocation of the Kent Wells Sherman House to the lot at 247 N. Water St. Enlow's ruling was issued in response to an objection to an earlier ruling in the case by Portage County Magistrate Kent Graham. The objection to Graham's ruling had been filed by Kent attorney John Plough on behalf of Save the Standing Rock Garden. Plough had argued in his objection, filed in December, that Graham had erred in his …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Group files objection to magistrate's ruling
The struggle persists over the relocation of a historic Kent house to a cherished piece of greenspace. Kent attorney John Plough, representing members of the group Save the Standing Rock Garden, who oppose the relocation of the Kent Wells Sherman House to 247 N. Water St., has filed an objection to a magistrate's decision in the court case about the issue. In December Portage County Magistrate Kent Graham denied three injunction requests made by Save the Standing Rock Garden in an effort to stop the relocation of the house to the lot, which has been used — but not owned — for decades by members of neighboring Kent arts group Standing Rock Cultural Arts. Plough had asked the court for injunctions in November against the Kent Wells Sherman …
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Portage magistrate closes second, full day of trial
A court decision may be near in the case involving an appeal to stop the relocation of the historic Kent Wells Sherman House. Portage County Magistrate Kent Graham listened to a second, full day of witness testimony Wednesday before making several modifications to a temporary injunction order regarding the relocation of the house to 247 N. Water St. Kent Assistant Law Director Eric Fink said in a telephone interview after the court proceedings concluded Wednesday that Graham had ordered the final arguments and trial briefs be submitted to the court by Tuesday at 4 p.m. "There will be no further testimony taken," Fink said. Kent attorney John Plough, who is arguing the case on behalf of the Kent citizens' group "Save the Standing Rock …
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Court considering permanent injunction request against relocation of historic house to North Water Street site
A Portage County magistrate has yet to rule on a request for a permanent injunction to stop the relocation of the historic Kent Wells Sherman House to a vacant lot at 247 N. Water St. Portage County Magistrate Kent Graham listened to testimony from several witnesses Tuesday as Kent attorney John Plough argued for the injunction on behalf of the Kent citizens' group "Save the Standing Rock Garden." Earlier this month, Portage County Common Pleas Court Judge John Enlow issued a temporary injunction on behalf of the group, which is comprised of supporters of the Standing Rock Cultural Arts, that temporarily stopped site work for relocation of the historic house. The group originally filed an appeal to a September Kent Planning Commission …
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Kent State has no immediate plans to swap or sell North Lincoln property
Editor's note: this story was updated at 1:54p.m. The former site of the Hillel at Kent State University on North Lincoln Street may not be the premiere alternate site for the Kent Wells Sherman House some want it to be. Jeff Ingram, director of Standing Rock Cultural Arts, suggested this week the vacant lot at 202 N. Lincoln St. would be a better fit for the historic Kent house than the space at 247 N. Water St. — next door to SRCA. Ingram made the suggestion at Wednesday's Kent City Council meeting and suggested university officials might be willing to work with the city to use the land for the Kent Wells Sherman House. Tom Euclide, Kent State’s associate vice president for Facilities Planning and Operations, said Ingram may have …
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
At-large Kent City Councilman Roger Sidoti says idea "sounds crazy."
It may be highly unlikely, but a Kent City Council member has suggested leaving the Kent Wells-Sherman House on what is most likely a temporary location for the historic structure. At-large Councilman Roger Sidoti suggested at the end of council's Wednesday meeting that the temporary location at the western end of East College Avenue might prove the best option for the house. "I would just like to throw that out as something to think about," Sidoti said. "If it’s done right, I think it works." Members of the non-profit group Kent Wells Sherman House Inc. worked with the city and Kent State University to relocate the house Saturday to the temporary sliver of land, which is owned by the university. The 1858 house has ties to the Kent family …
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Stein House Movers Inc. trucked the pre Civil War era house down Haymaker Parkway Saturday morning
The first of two moves necessary to save the historic Kent Wells-Sherman House from demolition took place this morning. Stein House Movers, Inc., trucked the two-story Greek revival style house from Erie Street, down Haymaker Parkway to a temporary spot on East College Avenue this morning. The non-profit group Kent Wells Sherman House Inc. is working to find a permanent location for the house. Check Kent Patch Sunday morning for full video from this morning's move.
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Patricia
9:59 pm on Monday, March 25, 2013
I don't know if any of you remember but there was a house on that lot before and there is no doubt in my mind that there will be a house on that lot once again. more ›