Historic home won’t be protected in Rochester Hills

A request by the Rochester Hills Historic District Study Committee to create a new historic district for a house at the southwest corner of Livernois and Hamlin has been turned down. City council took no action on the request due to the objection of the owner. The house, built around 1835 and known as the William S. Adams House, is vacant and has been on the market for three years, according to the owner, Patrice Sinclair. “It is a spectacular house; it probably at some point should be … [Read more...]