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Civil War Interactive Discussion Board > Civil War Talk > General Civil War Talk > The Jenkins house in Murfreesboro, Tn |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16th, 2006 08:06 pm |
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Steven Cone Member 
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Well thats what I was kinda thinking. Somthing needs to be done thats for sure.. Last edited on Sat Jun 17th, 2006 09:09 am by Steven Cone |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 12th, 2006 10:18 pm |
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Coy Member
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Hopefully this "new coalition" that is mentioned in today's (July 12) news will help end the loss of CW sites in Murfreesboro. It is unfortunate it took the loss of the Jenkins House to get this much interest. Hopefully the town of Murfreesboro will start to understand...that preservation can bring tourism. I love Stone's River...so sign me up.  Kevin S. Coy
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| Posted: Thu Jul 13th, 2006 06:27 pm |
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Just out of curiousity, was the house structurally unsound?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 13th, 2006 06:48 pm |
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Steven Cone Member
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I dont know the answer to that question.. I do know it needed work to be done to it . regards, Steven
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14th, 2006 12:54 pm |
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burnsideshot Member
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Hmmm...the only way I can understand this is if the house is no longer safe. While preserving history is great, you can't leave up a death trap just for the purpose of salvaging a piece of the past. The light is on though in one of the windows (an upstairs one) so im not sure how bad of shape it is in, or how long ago that pic was taken. In all, it is sort of sad that this is happening, but urban and community developers seem to be into battlefield land. I guess it brings in the $$ somehow...not sure why that would be, but I know my husband would give his right arm for a house on confed. ave in gettysburg 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14th, 2006 01:02 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer 
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All I know is that the owners wife was using the house as a bridal boutique business as late as 2001, so I'd have to guess it wasn't that bad. A close look at the roof seems to indicate that a new one may have been needed, but I'm no expert in the field.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15th, 2006 08:46 pm |
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Steven Cone Member
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Welcome Kay, Thank you for stiring things up in Murfreesboro. And keeping us posted on events there. regards, Steven
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17th, 2006 09:36 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
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Indy - I thought the exact same thing. There's a follow-up also: "The Murfreesboro Historic Zoning Commission chose not to remove a house built in 1838 from the National Register of Historic Places — even though the building was demolished in June. As a formality, the commission was instructed by the Tennessee Historical Commission to conduct a public hearing regarding the removal of the Hiram Jenkins House from the national list that protected the home from being altered or destroyed with federal funds. http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060817/COUNTY07/608170407/1006/MTCN0301
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Perhaps we could do a "reverse" of how they ruled and show that a house, such as the Jenkins House, could be used to drum up more tourism dollars. (Since their ruling basically stated that property could be taken if the property could be used for greater financial gain.) Hence, the house would HAVE to be saved.
