A grassroots group working to save the historic Ryan House on Main Street in Sumner scored a legal victory Wednesday.
A grassroots campaign to save the historic Ryan House in Sumner scored a legal victory in Pierce County Superior Court on Weds, March 13. Supporters gathered outside the courthouse in Tacoma. “We had handmade signs and T-shirts, buttons, stickers,” Nick Biermann told KIRO Newsradio. “We had more than a dozen people who showed up who were in the courtroom listening to the hearing. We were there in that full show of support.
“The immediate effect is that the demolition permit that had been issued for the Ryan House by the City of Sumner is now invalidated,” Nick Biermann said. “And the City of Sumner has to go through the process of updating a comprehensive plan, with the proper public input and hearings that are required by state law.”
“We’re relieved that the judge saw it the way that we had been saying it the whole time,” Biermann said. “And they didn’t say what the city was essentially saying – that it’s their property, they can do whatever they want with it.”The next milestone in the effort to preserve the historic structure is an already-scheduled public meeting in Sumner on Thursday, April 4 to discuss changes to the city’s comprehensive plan – where Biermann said the future of the Ryan House is sure to come up.
He pointed out that the City of Sumner had already raised $1.5 million toward a restoration budget of $2.2 million for the historic structure.
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