On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Heidi Harendza wrote:

> John-
>
> Chubb was the insurer on the reconstruction project out in Long Island that I
> visited for the Victorian Society's Stanford White seminar (historic house
> burned, Chubb insured to reconstruct the building)
>
> I'm sure I have the name of the architect who did the presentation in my
> files, if you are interested in that angle.

Is this the case where they decided that a reconstruction was "physically
impossible" regardless how much money was available?

I'm still wondering what the problem was -- materials? building codes?
artisan or trade skills? lack of information about the original?

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