Canfield preservationists at odds with Pitzulo project

CANFIELD

A Canfield resident expressed the city’s need to protect the culture of old homes when faced with demolition of one.

“One thing I’ve realized is, younger people don’t care,” said Pat Woomer, Canfield resident and former Canfield Historical Society museum curator. “All of the people who really cared are gone.”

Woomer said from a former curator’s standpoint she’s concerned about the architectural integrity of older Canfield homes.

“People love the old houses in the Canfield community,” Woomer said.

After purchasing the seven-acre property at 275 N. Broad St. in January, Sam Pitzulo of Sam Pitzulo Homes & Remodeling, 427 S. Broad St., said his plan is to construct single-family homes.

The property once belonged to Judson Canfield, the grandson of Canfield’s namesake – also named Judson Canfield.

Over years, the Kosling family, whose ancestors are the Canfield family, obtained the property and sold it to Pitzulo in January with an agreement asking for the preservation of family history.

Pitzulo said he’s not trying to destroy the historical integrity of the property. Part of his plans are to name the development Founders Glen and the street of the development Judson Canfield Court.

“We are trying to preserve it [the house], if possible. The plan is to offer it to the [Canfield] Historical Society if they want to move it and if not advertise it for someone who would like to move the house,” Pitzulo said.

Read more about the project and the dispute in Thursday's Vinidicator or on Vindy.com.