We reported on this yesterday, and now the Star-Telegram has picked it up with some quotes from the owners. From Sandra Baker’s article:
The owners of the former Knights of Pythias Hall in the city’s Hillside neighborhood plan to tear down the historic building because they say it is too costly to renovate, raising concern from preservationists because the building just last month was listed as being endangered.
The two-story structure at Third and Crump streets, just east of downtown, is more than 80 years old and is now among Historic Fort Worth’s list of Most Endangered Places.
“It’s a neat old building,” said Craig Kelly, a Fort Worth real estate developer, who along with two colleagues bought the building in 2004 under the name Crockett Realty. But, he said, “It’s just falling apart. We really tried to work with it.”
Not only are the ceilings and roof rotted out, the bricks are fragile and probably cannot support a renovation, Kelly said.
Kelly said they have obtained a few construction bids that indicate a complete renovation would cost more than $600,000, making it nearly impossible for the owners to realize any profit from renting the 6,400-square-foot building.
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