Monday, April 15, 2013
Time seems to be once again running out for the historic house at 9300 Prescott Avenue.
The century-old home that has for years been the source of ire for some and admiration for others could be demolished in June, according to city officials. A gate has been placed around the two-story, faded and dilapidated white house at 9300 Prescott Avenue in Manassas, days after city officials set a firm deadline of June 1 for the demolition of the house. The gate was erected as a safety precaution to "minimize the threat to the health, safety and welfare of the community," Manassas communications coordinator Patty Prince said on Monday. The city has been trying to come to a resolution on the 107-year-old property since 1996, Jamie Collins, Manassas development services manager, told Manassas City Council earlier this year. What should…
Monday, January 14, 2013
Dorothy M. Feaganes, 84, was known for her passionate fight to save her historic home.
Dorothy M. Feaganes, the homeowner who fought for many years to keep the 107-year-old Manassas house she grew up in from being demolished by the city, has died. Manassas City Attorney Martin Crim told city council Monday that she died in mid-December, not long after a city council meeting where council members learned a "wealthy benefactor" had stepped forward and offered to pay for the repairs to the Victorian home at 9300 Prescott Ave., which has been the subject of ire and debate for many years. Feaganes was living in Alexandria until she died Dec. 21 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, according to a Baker Post Funeral Home Obituary. She was 84. The Prescott House, as the home is often called, has passed to her heirs, a son and a daughter…
Monday, December 10, 2012
Manassas City Council still votes 4-2 Monday to amend FY 2013 budget to transfer funds to demolish the 107-year-old house.
In a genteel move that seemed right out of a movie, a wealthy, unnamed benefactor has apparently swept in to save a condemned and abandoned historic Manassas home from possible destruction. Before Manassas City Council voted 4-2 Monday to use $30,000 from the city’s general fund contingency to demolish the 107-year old house, Tony Pancione of Tovan Construction submitted a building permit to the city for select demolition of the property, along with a plan for restoration that would have the property ready for possible occupancy within a year. The proposed work is being funded by the unnamed benefactor, Pancione said. A contract for the first $26,000 in work has been signed and bonded, Timothy Purnell, attorney for Dorthy M. Feaganes, the …
Monday, August 6, 2012
A new bank now holds the mortgage and has announced plans to foreclose on the Prescott property as owner faces bankruptcy.
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Bank of America no longer holds the reverse mortgage on the derelict property located at 9300 Prescott Ave., and the new bank Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., has indicated to city staff that they plan to research foreclosure options on the property. The news was announced by Manassas City Manager John Budesky at the city's last council meeting held on July 23. Since then, the owner of the property, Dorothy Feaganes, of Alexandria, has filed for bankruptcy. Despite the recent developments, the city's position is to proceed with a motion passed in February that gave the owner of the house one last chance to replace, repair or demolish the structure within 90 days, or the city could exercise its right to have it demolished. As a result, …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Old Treasures and Traditions retail building on busy Centreville Road slated for demolition.
The old Treasures and Traditions retail building, located at 9023 Centreville Rd., is slated for demolition, according to City of Manassas staff. Director for the Office of Community Development for the City of Manassas Elizabeth Via-Gossman told council members at their last meeting that the property, which was for sale at one time, is on the same track as the house at 9300 Prescott Ave., which could be demolished as early as September. The city is in the process of preparing bids for demolition of the Treasures and Traditions property for council to consider when they return from an August recess. Via-Gossman told council at a recent meeting that a representative for the property owner had indicated the property owner would be doing the …
Monday, June 25, 2012
House could be demolished this fall.
The Manassas City Council has set an agenda item for Monday evening's council meeting to budget and appropriate funds to conduct an asbestos inspection at 9300 Prescott Ave.—the first step in the demolition of the abandoned historic home at one of the city's 'gateway'entrances to Old Town. The move comes after the property's owner did not comply with a motion passed by the City Council on Feb. 27, 2012, to secure or repair the porch, which was deemed unsafe, in 30 days, and to secure or repair the entire house in 90 days. City documents show officials have made attempts to contact the owners about the passing deadlines outlined in the motion with no reply. City staff did meet with the owner and an engineer at the property to conduct an …
House could be demolished this fall.
The Manassas City Council has set an agenda item for Monday evening's council meeting to budget and appropriate funds to conduct an asbestos inspection at 9300 Prescott Ave.—the first step in the demolition of the abandoned historic home at one of the city's 'gateway'entrances to Old Town. The move comes after the property's owner did not comply with a motion passed by the City Council on Feb. 27, 2012, to secure or repair the porch, which was deemed unsafe, in 30 days, and to secure or repair the entire house in 90 days. City documents show officials have made attempts to contact the owners about the passing deadlines outlined in the motion with no reply. City staff did meet with the owner and an engineer at the property to conduct an …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Mayor calls decision "unwanted and difficult."
Manassas City Mayor Harry J. Hal Parrish ll has voted in favor of a motion that cold lead to the demolition of an historic house that sits in a state of decay at the corner of Prescott and Quarry roads at Monday night's council meeting should the home's owner not take action on the house within 90 days. The mayor voted in favor of the motion proposed by Council Member Mark Wolfe, seconded by Council Member Mark Aveni and supported by Council Member Jonathan Way at the Feb. 13 council meeting that would give the owner of the house one last chance to replace, repair or demolish the structure within 90 days, or the city could exercise its right to have it demolished. I hope we do not get to the demolish part of the motion, said they mayor, …
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Mayor calls decision "unwanted and difficult."
Manassas City Mayor Harry J. Hal Parrish ll has voted in favor of a motion that cold lead to the demolition of an historic house that sits in a state of decay at the corner of Prescott and Quarry roads at Monday night's council meeting should the home's owner not take action on the house within 90 days. The mayor voted in favor of the motion proposed by Council Member Mark Wolfe, seconded by Council Member Mark Aveni and supported by Council Member Jonathan Way at the Feb. 13 council meeting that would give the owner of the house one last chance to replace, repair or demolish the structure within 90 days, or the city could exercise its right to have it demolished. I hope we do not get to the demolish part of the motion, said they mayor, …
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Picketers at Prescott House blame Department of Housing and Urban Development Authority, Bank of America for decrepit state of historic home.
Picketers protested the demise of an historic home in Old Town Saturday with brightly-colored signs encouraging the mayor to "vote no" to demolishing the house and blaming Bank of America and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Authority for the decrepit state of the home. Their signs read: "HUD is responsible for this" and "Bank of America is responsible for this." Hugh Ickrath lives two houses down from 9300 Prescott Ave. and says his attempt is to get in contact with someone at Bank of America regarding the home. The home's owner, who does not live in the home, holds a reverse mortgage through Bank of America and a government-backed HUD program. It is the job of the bank to protect and maintain the security interest of the …
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