Squandered Heritage

Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting Agenda
December 4th, 2006
10 a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall

RESULTS=DENIED

The owner sent a representative by the name of Lisa Clark to request demolition of this 1880’s Eastlake (high style Victorian) shotgun which is in fair shape, squatters are living in it. It’s got great exterior detail, like shutters and the terra cotta crown on the roof. Interiors include fireplaces and mantles intact. The side gallery is great. This property could be renovated.

The owner, Henry Herdman, is well known in the Tulane/Gravier neighborhood because he owns many neglected properties and vacant lots. This house has some solid architectural features that should have been nurtured. I have seen this one man destroy a neighborhood’s architectural fabric just because he has refused to sell and the city lacks the teeth to take his neglected properties away. My post on Metroblogging New Orleans tells the story of my very first site visit for SH. At One With Weird

Here is the list of properties this man owns, according to the assessor’s database. Often these folks have more blighted property, hiding some of them under the names of family members. We need some property law enforcement in New Orleans.

118-SPRIEURST HERDMAN HENRY 118 PRIEUR ST S
128-SPRIEURST HERDMAN HENRY 128 PRIEUR ST S
1722-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1722 CLEVELAND AV
1726-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1726 CLEVELAND AV
1728-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1728 CLEVELAND AV
1800-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1800 CLEVELAND AV
1804-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1804 CLEVELAND AV
1805-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1805 CLEVELAND AV
1809-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1809 CLEVELAND AV
1814-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1814 CLEVELAND AV
1818-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1818 CLEVELAND AV
1826-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1826 CLEVELAND AV
1828-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1828 CLEVELAND AV
1832-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1832 CLEVELAND AV
1909-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1909 CLEVELAND AV
1917-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1917 CLEVELAND AV
1918-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1918 CLEVELAND AV
1922-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1922 CLEVELAND AV
1927-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 1927 CLEVELAND AV
2100-CLEVELANDAV HERDMAN HENRY 2100 CLEVELAND AV
213-SJOHNSONST HERDMAN HENRY 213 JOHNSON ST S
216-SDERBIGNYST HERDMAN HENRY 216 DERBIGNY ST S
217-SROMANST HERDMAN HENRY 217 ROMAN ST S
221-SCLAIBORNEAV HERDMAN HENRY 221 CLAIBORNE AV S
221-SROMANST HERDMAN HENRY 221 ROMAN ST S