Former owners of historic Thomson House say loss of building will be hard
Fire heavily damaged the antebellum home Monday afternoon Share Updated: 7:32 PM CDT Apr 20, 2021
Fire heavily damaged the antebellum home Monday afternoon Share Updated: 7:32 PM CDT Apr 20, 2021
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Show Transcript SO THE PROPERTY SMOKE IN FLAMES BILLOWING OVER THE THOMPSON HOUSE MONDAY AFTERNOON NEWSCHOPPER 9 WITH THE ONLY VIEW FROM THE SKY OVER THE SCENE FOR THE HOUSE OF SURVIVED THE CIVIL WAR AND THEN TO GO THE WAY IT DID IS JUST REALLY DISHEARTENING FOR MYSELF AND A LOT OF HISTORIANS. ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THE HOUSE HAS SAT VACANT FOR YEARS AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT RENOVATIONS. HOWEVER FROM THE LATE 60S THROUGH EARLY 90S WAS WELL KNOWN AS LAS PLAYAS A MEXICAN RESTAURANT AT THE TIME OWNED BY DEBBIE STONES GRANDPARENTS. THEY WERE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP SOMEBODY IS JONES SAYS DURING THAT TIME MORE THAN 100 OF HER RELATIVES WORKED AT THE BUSINESS.
Demolition started on long-vacant Thomson House in Independence
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Thomson House in Independence to be razed after 3 fires
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