“The house has been a cornerstone on the corner (of Sugarcreek Twp.) for 70 years,” Sugarcreek Twp. Administrator Barry Tiffany said. “We’re (Sugarcreek officials) all opposed to having the thing torn down.” Township representatives did not go to the BAR’s public hearing Dec. 7 because “we’ve not been well received in Centerville,” he said, and they also did not want to interfere with the Dille family’s involvement. The family has been divided on whether the house should be torn down or saved.
Consultants from MSA, a Cincinnati architectural firm, hired by developer George Oberer of Cornerstone Developers, stated at the Dec. 7 hearing that the house did not meet criteria for placing it on the National Register of Historic Places. Tiffany said he does not see that as a reason for demolition, as “historic houses become historic houses because people preserve them.”
“I think it is marketable,” he said. “If you market it there are people who could buy it and build around it.”
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