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...facade, literally all that is left of the 153 year old Francis. Allyn House, and it is now the center of a controversy involving the City Council, the Historical Commission, a real estate developer and local residents. The June demolition of the 1564 Massachusetts Ave. structure, which was supposed to have been protected by the city's landmark ordinance, has brought about a wave of law suits and serious doubts about the ability of the city to safeguard its historic sites...
Sullivan talks at length about the historical significance of the demolished building. Built in 1831 by famous New England architect Oliver Hastings, the house also had two famous residents. Harvard's Parkin Professor of Pulpit Eloquence Converse Francis lived there in the 1840's, and Boston publishing magnate John Allyn occupied the then-mansion in the 1880's. The Francis-Allyn House, characteristic of the Greek Revival architecture sweeping New England after the rediscovery of the Acropolis, featured an elaborate portico entrance in its heyday...
...fires, which occurred within a one-month period, gutted the old Francis Allyn House at 1564 Mass...
Built in 1832, the Francis-Allyn House was declared a "protected landmark" by the City Council...
...amount awarded Huebschen was a surprise. "Sexual harassment is a pervasive problem for women, not for men, yet you don't see this kind of award to women," noted Isabelle Pinzler, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project. Said Detroit Attorney Allyn Ravitz: "Male or female, every big verdict has got to help...