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Booker T. Washington home to keep landmark status

Booker T. Washington

Photo credit: Undated / Handout | Booker T. Washington

The owner of a Fort Salonga home where Booker T. Washington spent his final summers has backed away from a request to strip the site of its landmarked status so it could be torn down.

The owner, John Rice of Northport, has withdrawn the request he had submitted to the Huntington Historic Preservation Commission, according to his attorney, Michael Sahn. The home sits on 1.4 acres overlooking...

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