Built in 1885, the Route 59 house will be razed to create additional parking for Overman-Jones Funeral Home.
A 127-year-old Route 59 home will be torn down to make way for a parking lot. With Mayor Mike Collins casting the deciding vote, the Plainfield Village Board on Monday gave Overman-Jones Funeral Home the OK to demolish the home at 15205 S. Route 59 to expand its existing parking lot by 24 spaces. Village Planner Michael Garrigan said the house, built in 1885 and located north of the funeral home, is identified in the village’s comprehensive plan as part of the business transition district (BTD). The BTD designation encourages property owners to convert homes to low-traffic businesses rather than demolishing them. Get Plainfield news delivered right to your inbox — sign up for the Plainfield Patch newsletter! Even so, the board voted 3-2 in…
Failure to secure a federal grant and to convince the owner to donate the land have been frustrating, but Michael Bortel said he's going to keep trying.
A building long deemed a village eyesore was torn down Monday, but efforts to build a park on the site remain stymied. The property known as the old Carlton* house at the corner of U.S. 30 and Route 59 was the last roadblock to clearing the .925-acre site that Plainfield Historical Society President Michael Bortel would like to see made into Gateway Park, commemorating the point at which old Route 66 intersected with the Lincoln Highway. However, he was unable to secure a $5,000 matching grant from the National Park Service that would have funded a redevelopment study, the first step in getting the park built. Bortel also said he’s had no success in convincing the property’s owner, G.C. Real Estate of Lincolnshire, that the site – a …
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