Punta Gorda Historic District property owner faces barriers to demolish flooded home

Author: Nancy Semon, Gulfshore Business
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Punta Gorda property owners seek to demolish their homes built in 1950 and 1951 on Chasteen Street, but one could be denied the request despite numerous flooding events due to its location within the city’s Historic District.

The approximately 50-acre Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places around 1991 “due to the area’s architectural significance, and the district remains on the National Register,” wrote Zoning Official Rachel Barry to City Council on Dec. 4.

The 1951 house at 111 Chasteen St. is within the Historic District, and it will be up to the Historic Preservation Advisory Board on Dec. 17 to recommend whether it should be delisted from the local register.

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