JOLIET, Ill. (AP) – An agreement to save one of Joliet’s oldest homes from demolition is awaiting city council approval.
The (Joliet) Herald-News reports that the Will County Historical Society would move the Casseday House from its current location where a developer wants to build a gas station. The developer, Thornton’s, would put $300,000 toward the move.
The two-story limestone structure was built in 1851 for the family of George Casseday.
Will County Historical Society president Sandy Vasko says the house will likely be moved to a city-owned lot nearby. She says the use part of the structure could be used as an archive and research center for African American history. A historical assessment of the site done by Thornton’s cast doubt on local lore that it once was a stagecoach stop.
The city council meets on Tuesday.
