Pasquotank County NcArchives News.....HISTORIC HOUTZ HOUSE GETS ONE MORE CHANCE May 9, 2005
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THE DAILY ADVANCE May 9, 2005
 DEMOLITION DELAY GIVES POTENTIAL BUYER TIME:
 WRITTEN BY : BOB MONTGOMERY STAFF WRITER FOR
 THE DAILY ADVANCE.
     A SMALL GLIMMER OF HOPE IS FLICKERING FOR ONE OF THREE OLD ELIZABETH CITY
HOUSES FACING DEMOLITION TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW PASQUOATANK - CAMDEN LIBRARY
AND PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
     CONVINCED THAT A POTENTIAL BUYER OF THE A.B.HOUTZ HOUSE AT 114 E. COLONIAL
AVENUE IS SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING TO SAVE AND MOVE IT, THE PASQUOTAKE COUNTY
COMMSSIONERS LAST WEEK EXTENDED THE DEADLINE ONE MORE TIME BEFORE CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS CAN MOVE IN TO CLEAR THE SITE.
     COUNTY ATTONERY TOLD THE DEVELOPMENT CORP THE COUNTY WILL GIVE HIM THE 
5,000 DOLLARS IT WOULD COST TO DEMOLISH HOUTZ HOUSE TOWARD HIS COST OF MOVEING
THE HOUSE IF HE CAN DO IT BY JUNE 1 - BEFORE THE LIBRARY CAMPUS SITE WORK STARTS
IN JULY.
     THE DEVELOPMENT CORP SAID HE HAS NOT EVER MOVED A HOUSE, BUT HIS EMPLOYER
HAS, SO HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS.
     It'S A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AND ITS A SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE WHO SAW THE HOUSE LISTED
FOR SALE A FEW MONTS AGO ON PRESERVATION NORTH CAROLINA WEB SITE. ITS A 
TECHNICALLY DEMANDING HOUSE TO MOVE ITS GOING TO COST A LOT JUST TO PICK IT UP
AND MOVE IT. THE PRESERVATION GROUPS  REGIONAL OFFICE IN EDENTON EXPRESSED 
INTEREST IN HAVING THE HOUSE MOVED BY BARGE TO KITTY HAWK OR SOUTHERN SHORES
ON THE OUTER BANKS,
     BESIDES THE HOUTZ HOME WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 20th
CENTURY THE OTHERS ARE THE GEORGE BRIGHT HOUSE AT 200 E. COLONIAL AVE AND THE
C.D.BELL HOUSE AT 215 N. ELLIOTT STREET. WHICH WAS RECENTLY DAMAGED BY FIRE.
     DESPITE THE COUNTYS OFFER TO HELP THE COSTS AND TIME DEADLINES ARE MAKING
IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BUY AND MOVE THE HOUTZ HOME.
     A.B. HOUTZ HOUSE , GEORGE BRIGHT HOUSE , C.D.BELL HOUSE WERE ALL THREE
DEMOLATION: TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW PASQUOTANK AND CAMDEN LIBRARY AND PUBLIC
SAFETY CAMPUS.


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