The Margrave of Marburg How friends and neighbors — and a developer — saved the oldest house in the Byrd Park community.
July 1, 2014 | | Comments Off on The Margrave of Marburg How friends and neighbors — and a developer — saved the oldest house in the Byrd Park community. | Advocacy
BY HARRY KOLLATZ JR. R Home July/August 2014 issue
Great article on Marburg House in Richmond Magazine’s R Home! “The developers, Ben Partridge and Mark Slack of Castle Kanawha, at first considered demolishing the house to make way for six upscale houses. The neighborhood association and Historic Richmond had other ideas. An intercessor was HR’s Mary Jane Hogue, who helped broker a compromise that saved the house and allowed for development.” READ THE ARTICLE