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Originally Posted by belmont bob
Makes me wonder if the digging of the Hill Street tunnel in 1908 under the side of the parcel might have had some residual impact on subsurface soil conditions. Perhaps causing settlement to occur under some of the houses. The site may not have been properly compacted when they were built. Think about the sinkhole in Florida that was just in the news. Well maybe not that bad! Plausible? Maybe. Probable? “Shrug.”
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Addendum - Lewis Bradbury built the manse for his Mexican bride-who lived on there another decade after his death-it's next period was as club for the judges - then as the Rollin Studios headquarters - finally as an artist/bohemian rooming house- Had an entrance on Court St. as #406--Potts home was opposite @ #426 Court St. nearer Olive .. The automobile age enabled some entrepenuer (or the city itself) to establish this block as the initial (and profitable) parking lot on the hill as he bought out the remaining 3 homes from their elderly owners- Parking primarily for the court's employees - Maybe the city owned that block since the clubhouse days?