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Marilyn Monroe’s former home was saved from demolition and declared a historic cultural monument.


Marilyn Monroe’s former home was saved from demolition and declared a historic cultural monument.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to preserve Marilyn Monroe’s house in Brentwood, where the star lived and died, as a historic-cultural monument and thus save it from demolition. The vote ended a nearly year-long saga and attempt to save the house from destruction. Last summer, the city’s building and safety department […]

Historic farmhouse in Paramus, NJ, receives support from homebuilder


Historic farmhouse in Paramus, NJ, receives support from homebuilder

Construction has begun on the property where the historic Van Dien Ruffgarten House stands in Paramus, but even after a change of ownership, the 19th-century home appears to be staying put. The brownstone house stands on a 9-acre lot on West Midland Avenue and is one of six remaining Jersey Dutch stone houses in the […]