Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Panel votes 3-2 to approve plan to put house at 247 N. Water St.
Members of the Kent Planning Commission voted 3-2 tonight to approve a site plan to put the historic Kent Wells-Sherman House on a vacant lot at 247 N. Water St. used by members of Standing Rock Cultural Arts. The vote came after more than two hours of discussion on the issue, which has been a controversial topic among the community for the past several months. "This is the final vote on this issue," Kent Planning Commission chairman Anthony Catalano said. Click here to read the full story on Kent Patch.
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Non-profit group has until Dec. 1 to find a permanent location for the historic structure
As most of Kent slept, a pre- Civil War era house quickly and quietly rolled down Haymaker Parkway Saturday morning. For the Kent Wells-Sherman House, Saturday's move was the second time movers lifted the Greek revival style structure from its foundation and set it somewhere new. And if the stars align, there's a third move yet in this house's future. Members of the non-profit group Kent Wells Sherman House Inc. gathered just before 7 a.m. Saturday to watch as Stein House Movers, Inc. trucked the house from its last permanent address at 250 E. Erie St. to a temporary spot at the western end of East College Avenue. The 1858 house has ties to the Kent family and other early prominent citizens. It can be stored on the lot, which is owned by …
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Wells-Sherman House will travel on flat-bed truck several hundred feet southwest on S.R. 59
Drivers will want to avoid Haymaker Parkway downtown Saturday morning, as the road will be closed for about two hours for the relocation of a two-story house. Kent Police Capt. Paul Canfield said police will close the five-lane roadway between South DePeyster and South Willow streets for the relocation of the Kent Wells-Sherman House. Canfield said the road will be closed between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. The house will be trucked several hundred feet southwest from its current location at the end of East Erie Street to a temporary spot at the western end of East College Avenue. Friends and family of Kent State University students attending summer commencement ceremonies Saturday, which start at 9:30 a.m., can use East Main and Summit streets to …
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Historic structure will be moved by truck to temporary spot to avoid demolition
For the second time, a historic Kent home will be moved from its foundation Saturday to another location in the Tree City. Stein House Movers, Inc., is expected to move the Kent Wells-Sherman House starting at 7 a.m. Saturday from its location on Erie Street to a temporary spot at the west end of East College Avenue. Jessie Humenik, a spokesperson for Stein House Movers, said such moves typically take anywhere from three to seven hours. But Saturday's move is expected to only take about an hour because of the short distance and lack of major obstacles. "It is (typically) a very slow-moving process," she said. "The last one we did ... It only went one block, and it took us about four and a half hours.” The house is being moved as part of …
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Arts group continues fight to keep Wells-Sherman House from being relocated to lot by gallery
The artists and supporters of Standing Rock Cultural Arts are not giving up their fight against plans to relocate the historic Kent Wells-Sherman House to green space next to the group's gallery. The supporters have established an online petition that urges members of Kent City Council to help save the green space targeted for the relocation of the house. Supporters also have set up a Facebook page for the effort called "Save the Standing Rock Garden." As of Thursday, 29 out of a goal of 300 digital signatures had been collected. These latest two efforts come about one week after council voted to give a 10-year, $15,000 loan to the non-profit group TransPortage to aid in moving the house to the lot, which is located between the Standing …
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Support, opposition voiced by crowd at Kent City Council meeting
One of several dominoes that needs to fall to save the historic Kent Wells-Sherman House did just that Wednesday night at Kent City Council. There are still a few more blocks to fall. Council voted Wednesday to finalize a vote taken earlier this month to loan $15,000 to the non-profit group TransPortage to relocate the house from 250 E. Erie St. to a plot of greenspace on North Water Street between Scribbles Coffee and Standing Rock Cultural Arts. Kent State University has also promised to lend $40,000 to the effort to relocate the house. The house stands in the path of Kent State's Esplanade extension and must be moved this summer so construction can start. Yet TransPortage still has to buy the land — a purchase agreement is in place — …
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Jeff Ingram, director of Standing Rock Cultural Arts, wants greenspace next to art gallery preserved
It may be too late, but the director of Standing Rock Cultural Arts sent a letter to Kent City Council members this week expressing his opposition to the Wells-Sherman House relocation. The Friends of the Wells-Sherman House are planning to relocate the building to the patch of greenspace between SRCA and the Scribbles Coffee Company building on North Water Street. The space, however, has been used by SRCA for programming and events for years. Council voted last week to loan $15,000 to the relocation effort and will cast its final vote on the loan next week. Ingram's letter to council, sent Tuesday, is below: Greetings City Council, Though I claim no ownership to the property at 247 North Water St, I’d like to contribute my two cents and …
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Proposal puts house in hands of non-profit Transportage; could serve as either visitor's center or neighborhood preservation center
A plan is forming to save the historic Kent-Wells Sherman House from the wrecking ball and transform it into a beacon for restoring Kent's nieghborhoods. A group of Kent residents working to save the house, known as the Friends of the Kent-Wells Sherman House, will submit plans to city officials today on a proposal to relocate the house from 250 E. Erie St. to a small plot of land on North Water Street. Kent architect Rick Hawksley, a leading member of the friends group, said their plan is for the non-profit organization TransPortage to take ownership of the house from Kent State University. "We would like to turn it into a neighborhood preservation center that will work on historic preservation, oriented toward sustainability based on the…
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4:14 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
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