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HomeMy WebLinkAbout479 Seabrook_Post_07/18/2011 2111111M Depot demolition' Villa e bou site for $225,000 of In t e to save g g A f ormer depot along Fla ler's railroad in Te uesta 00. Buis s q from IB f p g g q "It was quite a show will be torn down to make way for a 2 -acre park when she moved the de- pot. The streets were shut �. down and they moved it on a flatbed truck," Tequesta Commissioner Jim Hump -' age said. Bush died in 1997. Her Y family lived in the home K for several years. The building then was placed in a trust and was leased. A caretaker had occupied the property for the past " several years, and the P ,� l building fell into disrepair. r In "the past decade, the village had cited the own- ers for $718,000 in code + n «.. ... . �,�'.,.�A�,." , �, � �. . a ; • � �° � � violations such as too-tall V �.� � �. � � �,,•,, ,� grass. A lot of the fines „ +,•� : •, t�� resulted from $250 -a -day penalties for noncompli- I F- ance, according to village Staff photos by RICHARD GRAULICH records. Faded glory: Termites and time took their toll on the two -story depot that later became a family home. The village bought the parcel for $225,000 in No- ' vember from Maryland -' Palm By h Pos st Mite, en depot in 1966. The red and white based FL1 LLC. FL1 did structure was on Alternate AIA just not pay the code fines. EQUESTA — A depot for north of Indiantown Road near prop erty ' s 2010 RICHARD GRAULICH /Staff Photographer Henry Flagler's railroad s- the current site of Bell's Mobile The ague i that later a home Home Park, said local historian market value s $227,000, Historic details: There are a few remnants of the building's for a family on Seabrook Road is Lynn Drake of Jupiter. according to county re- heyday, such as handmade iron light fixtures on the outside. scheduled to be demolished next "I remember sitting inside c o 'We got rid of an eye- now that the sagging staircase and a 5- foot -high week and the abandoned 2 acres that depot. We then took the sore," Couzzo said. "We building was once a stop cast-iron fireplace on the . turned into a park. train to Fort Pierce with my Moving and refurbishing the Henry third -grade class," Drake said. bought land we can turn on Flaglers famous rail- first floor. building and making it a muse- Flagler Bush bought the depot and into green space. The vil- road. The windows and The high ceiling also um were considered. But termites and moved the two -level building to its cur- lage got a good deal." doors are broken. The has exposed wood beams, the we had taken a toll, Village rent site on the west side of Seabrook The village plans a pub- walls are dented. Vulgar and handmade iron light Manager Mike Couzzo said. Road. She made the depot her home, lic park with landscaping, graffiti stains the frame. fixtures adorn the outside "There's nothing left to save," he turning the front and back loading picnic tables and a covered But look closer, and walls. said. docks into porches. gazebo. There will be no remnants of the glory days Its a shame to lose his - Betty Bush, publisher of the now- ball fields, lights, play- can be detected. toric buildings like this," defunct Beacon News, bought the wood- See BUILDING, 5B ► grounds or bathrooms. The village will salvage Drake said. There is little evidence an elegant, wrought-iron 0 bill_dipaolo@pbpost.com County Line Rd. y � C Q AlA Q t N i� c Tequesta ti c. r Tequesta 0 1 1. "1f Living space: The town will salvage the.wrought - iron staircase that CHRISTOPHER SMITH /Staff ARlsl leads to the second floor. Otherwise, there is little worth saving. I r Depot demolition Village bought site for $225 000 of in t e to save A f ormer depot along Fla ler' railroad in Tequesta 10- BUILD s q from �B f p g g q "It was quite a show will be torn down to make way for a 2 -acre park when she moved the de- pot. The streets were shut down and they moved it on " a flatbed truck," Tequesta Commissioner Jim Hump age said. Bush died in 1997. Her family lived in the home >; for several years. The building then was placed in a trust and was leased. A caretaker had occupied the property for the past several years, and the building fell into -disrepair. ' $ ? In the past decade, the village had cited the own WT .`...� 1 s; ers for $718,000 in code • '. �+�•. :: �+ ' F Y violations such as too-tall i �.•��� • grass. A lot of the fines . • •pl• • •.•.' n I resulted from $250 -a-day penalties for noncompli- ance, according to village Staff photos by RICHARD GRAULICH records. , Faded glory: Termites and time took their toll on the two -story depot that later became a family home. The village bought the parcel for $225,000 in No- vember from Maryland- ' Patin By I PD t s a w tey en depot in 1966. The red and white based FLl LLC. FLl did r structure was on Alternate A1A just EQUESTA — A depot for north of Indiantown Road, near not pay the code fines. Henry Flagler's railroad the current site of Bell's Mobile The property 2010 RICHARD GRAULICH /Staff Photographer that later a home Home Park, said local historian market value is $227,000, Historic details: There are a few remnants of the building's for a family on Seabrook Road is Lynn Drake of Jupiter. according to county re heyday, such as handmade iron light fixtures on the outside. scheduled to be demolished next "I remember sitting inside cords. week and the abandoned 2 acres that depot. We then took the `We got rid of an eye- now that the sagging staircase and a 5- foot -high turned into a park. train e Fort Pierce with my sore, Couzzo said. `We building was once a stop cast-iron fireplace on the . Moving and refurbishing the Henry third -grade class," Drake said. bought land we can turn on Flaglers famous rail- first floor. building and making it a muse- Flagler Bush bought the depot and into green space. The vii- road. The windows and The high ceiling also um. considered. But termites and moved the two -level building to its cur- lage got a good deal." doors are broken. The has exposed wood beams, the weather had taken a toll, Village rent site on the west side of Seabrook The village plans apub- walls are dented. Vulgar and handmade iron light Manager Mike Couzzo said. Road. She made the depot her home, lic park with landscaping, graffiti stains the frame. fixtures adorn the outside picnic tables and "There's nothing left to save," he turning the front and back loading covered But look closer, and walls said. � docks into porches. gazebo. There wi ll be no remnants of the glory days Its a shame to lose his - ball fields, lights, play- can be detected. toric buildings like this," Betty Bush, publisher of the now- d 0 - grounds or bathrooms. The village will salvage Drake said. defunct Beacon News, bought the wood- See BUILDING, 56 There is little evidence an elegant, wrought-iron @ biII_dipaolo @pbpost.com �s. County Line Rd. N 0 6 % AlA c a i m a a .. Tequesta Tequeste V Living space: The town will salvage the wrought-iron staircase that CHRISTOPHER SMITH /staffArtlsr leads to the second floor. Otherwise, there is little worth saving.