Thursday, January 17, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 6221 Desmond St

NEIGHBORHOOD: Madisonville
YEAR BUILT: 1905
USE: Two-family dwelling
OWNER: The Greater Liberty Baptist Church Inc.
ASSESSED VALUE: $38,920
ORDERS: September 2009, for gutters and downspouts, exterior paint, a rotting porch, and soffit. Orders were reissued in April 2011 for the roof, windows, exterior steps, a cracked foundations, lack of smoke detectors, plaster, water damage, missing bedroom door, bath/shower and bathroom surface repairs, electric fixtures, water heater, wall framing, and hazardous wiring. Two months later, the orders from 2009 were reissued.
CONDEMNED: --
HAZARD: --
REASON RAZED: Razed by the neighboring church shortly after it purchased the property in October 2012. No plans have been announced. A neighboring property, at 6217 Desmond Street, has remained green space since the church demolished its two-family house in 2009.
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