One house involved with the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in the Town of Dillwyn has been given the go-ahead for demolition by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) after initially being questioned of the potential conflict of the area’s historic value.

The house in question is located on Culbreth Street, according to a memorandum from the Commonwealth Regional Council (CRC), which is overseeing the project.

“We provided DHR with a copy of the Rehab Specialist’s inspection report on … Culbreth for their review, so they could make a determination on the proposed scope,” the memorandum by Regional Planner Cam Johnson cited, “and it was determined that we could proceed as planned with the current scope of work for demolition.”

The town of Dillwyn recently received a grant award amount of $445,400 from the Community Development Block Grants, an increase from the $176,300 initially awarded, to complete the project which involves renovating six homes in Dillwyn. The grant is from the Department of Housing and Community Development’s (DHCD).

The house on Culbreth Street was located in a boundary that was determined by the DHR in 2010 to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Resources and Virginia Landmarks Register. This eligible designation may have posed a potential setback to the Culbreth site if it was determined to be in a historic site.

According to the memorandum from CRC, signed May 8, a house on Hancock Street and a second house on Culbreth Street were also submitted to DHR for review.

The memorandum cited that construction has been completed on a house on White Street, and that construction on a third house on Culbreth Street is underway.