No bids; log homes will be history in short while.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February, 2007 | by Zawislak, Mick

Byline: Mick Zawislak Daily Herald Staff Writer The charm of two log homes along the Des Plaines River couldn't outweigh the difficulty of removing them, so demolition is all the remains for rustic structures. No bids were received Thursday at a long-awaited auction of the vacant homes.

As a result, the Illinois Department of Transportation will end up paying to have them torn down. "It's unfortunate," said IDOT spokesman Mike Claffey. "Early on in the process, people had expressed interest in purchasing the (structures) and that's why we went through the effort." IDOT became the owner when it purchased 2.6 acres for $900,000 to widen Route 22, a project completed more than two years ago. The log-hewned homes, which were wall-to-wall wood and stone,...