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Presenters and preservation board urge council to protect Levitt Road and other historic assets
Summary
Local historians and the Orange City Historic Preservation Board urged the council to expand protections for Levitt Road and other areas, highlighted archival evidence and called for updates to the Florida master site file and local legislation to stop demolition of contributing buildings.
Daryl Victor and Tom Hewitt told the council the city needs to take direct legislative action to protect Levitt Road and nearby historic structures after a review found Levitt Avenue was not included in the Florida master site file when the national district was filed.
Victor presented archival photographs and historical background tying prominent local families (the Levitts and Abigail Gunn) to several parcels on Levitt Road. He identified three addresses of…
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