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Historical home destroyed in fire
By Rick C. Honish
As the final wispes of smoke swirled into the night sky, a historical legacy
known as Oak Ridge, ended another battle in the Douglas County Historical Society's ongoing war to preserve and maintain buildings of historic importance.
Kansan staff writer
The home of Charles Robinson, Kansas' first governor, caught fire 12:10 a.m. m. Monday when a fire in the fireplace spread into the walls of the house through a crack in the flue, and left a huge footprint of the Lawrence Fire Department.
Morrow said that firefighters fought the blaze for 34 hours, but that the house, situated on Hayden Road in Douglas County, burned to the ground.
He estimated the damage at $115,000 and said there were no
Steve Jansen, director of the society, said that the three-story home at one time had been considered for the project but that costs had negated the plan.
The destruction of the house,
Paul Wilson, retired professor of law and member of the Lawrence Preservation Alliance, began work to preserve the building in 1964. At that time, the University of Kansas owned the house.
Wilson said his initial objective was to save the house from demolition.
"I asked Chancellor Wescoe if we could try to preserve it, and he
Wilson proposed a bill to the Legislature that would have pitted the state to take control of the property and renovate it.
thought it was a good idea," he said.
"It would have required $50,000 to fit up and put in a parking lot," he said.
When the state decided that someone else should pay for the project, the idea was scrapped but not before the house was completed, and the house from being torn down.
Wilson said the house was sold in 1970 to its current owners. Barbara and Joe Sabol of New York. He said he had purchased the house, registering the house as a landmark.
Wilson said that if the house been registered as a historical landmark, it could have been used to learn about
the first governor of Kansas and the times in which he lived.
He said the loss of the house decreased the community's appreciation of its heritage.
Jansen said the Midwest was just now developing a preservation mentality. He said the society tried to bolster public awareness about historic sites and the need to preserve them, but added that the task was difficult in a forward-thinking society.
"These are rare and precious legacies, and each time we lose one, we lose a guidepost to our past," he said.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
IFC proposes increase in size of board
Raising number on judicial board to 10 would mean better representation, input
By Jonathan Plummer
Kansan staff writer
A proposal to increase the number of men on the judicial board of the Interfraternity Council from six to 10 members of the board said yesterday.
"I think it will go over well," said Scott Rutherford, IFC vice president for fraternity affairs. "I would be surprised if anyone voted against it."
Derek Bridges, IFC president and
chairperson of the judicial board, drafted the bill, which will be brought before the IFC general assembly meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
"The biggest thing is to make sure that there was no lack of communication." he said. "The move up to it to represent latter representation and more input."
Bridges said he had found that people had problems with the fact that only one-fourth of the fraternities on campus had representatives on the board, which enforces the alcohol policy that IFC created last year. Some members of houses that did not represented thought they did not always receive fair treatment.
"There were some that thought they were considered more of a social house, and they thought they wanted to make the scapegoat." Bridges said.
According to IFC bylaws, the six members currently on the board are required to be presidents or past presidents of houses.
The board has the power to levy fines against houses that it finds in violation of the alcohol policy, which limits access to fraternity parties to members and guests cleared by the IFC board.
"At first people were feeling out how far they could push the bylaws," he said. "We're still going through changes and filling in loopholes. We're trying to set the tone for the future."
Though the board has had to levy fines in the past, houses now are coming into compliance with the policy, Bridges said.
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