Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 1240 Groesbeck Rd

NEIGHBORHOOD: College Hill
YEAR BUILT: 1900
USE: Multi-family dwelling
OWNER: Willa L. Hinkston
ASSESSED VALUE: $95,420
ORDERS: July 2003, ordered barricaded. In February 2004, orders were issued for windows. Ordered vacated and barricaded in October 2005. In July 2007, Hinkston, the new owner, walked City inspectors through the house and found severe damage to the floor joists, right rear wall of the building addition, a collapsing box gutter, disturbed asbestos, and brick falling from three chimneys. Orders to keep the building vacated and barricaded were issued to her in September 2007. Work began on the floor joists and abating the asbestos and lead paint.
CONDEMNED: September 2010, citing roof, chimneys, gutters and downspouts, cornice, windows, front porch, front steps, litter and weeds, junk cars, a lack of utilities and missing or vandalized mechanicals. A civil fine was issued in July 2011.
HAZARD: June 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program.
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