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VOL. 23, NO. 5
Arcadia Council Plans Public Hearing on Citywide Historic Preservation Ordinance Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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n the ever-growing wake of construction and development in area cities, Arcadia officials are finding that there has been a lot of talk about preserving what’s left of Arcadia’s colorful history. You may recall the anger and resentment residents felt about the razing of Anita Baldwin’s mansion, Anoakia, 19 years ago. That memory is still rather fresh in the minds of many who believe the property should have been preserved and maintained as a major historical museum. Instead, the building was razed and a developer built what some SEE ORDINANCE PAGE 11
Elias Jackson (“Lucky”) Baldwin’s Queen Anne Cottage was constructed in 1885-86, probably as a honeymoon gift for his fourth wife, sixteen- year-old Lillie Bennett. – Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BALDWIN Part 4: other artifacts
The McCaslin family did not want to demolish Anoakia. The property was an institution, and they knew it. The family tried work out different ways to preserve the property, but in the end, developing was the decision they came to.
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The original owner within the McCaslin family, Lowry McCaslin, had managed to buy the property shortly after Anita’s health failed, and she passed on. It remained with the McCaslins until they sold it in the late ‘90s. Just a few years after Anita’s death, Anoakia was transformed into a school first instructing young girls in 1940 and later becoming coed in the ‘70s. The final class attended was in 1990. The property remained stagnant after the school moved,
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until it was demolished. When the McCaslin family decided to sell Anoakia, they took what they wanted to keep, donated some artifacts, and auctioned off what was left over. As mentioned previously, the artwork from the Jinks room, a children’s playroom, was donated to a permanent display at SEE HOUSE OF BALDWIN PAGE 10
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