The Huron City Commission has overruled the denials of a request by a Huron homeowner to install modern-style windows in a home in the Campbell Park Historic District. Phil McCaskell owns a home in the 800 block of Wisconsin Ave. SW that was damaged by fire last fall. He wants to replace windows damaged in the fire with vinyl windows. City Planner Ralph Borkowski and McCaskell made a case report to present to the Huron Board of Historic Preservation…
A motion at the second meeting of Huron’s board to approve the windows ended in a three-three tie. That caused the motion to fail and spur an appeal to the Huron City Commission. Alan Sager, owns a home in the Campbell Park Historic District and was one of the three votes in favor of McCaskell’s request…
Borkowski read a letter from Historic Preservation Board Member Rose Kluth, who was worried approving the vinyl windows could jeopardize the Historic District’s Future…
Borkowski will send notice of the City Commission’s decision to the State Historical Society, which must respond back before a building permit can be issued for the window replacement. That could take up to 180 days however most requests are returned with in a week or so.