A statewide preservation group has placed a well-known Herrin home on its annual list of Most Endangered Places.
Known as the Thatchcot House, the cottage features exotic wood paneling, a distinctive stone fence and at one time had a prominent sun dial from Sweden.
But Bonnie McDonald, President of Landmarks Illinois, says it has remained vacant since a fire:
"The devastating fire in 2000 severely damaged Thatchot's interior and the current owners have been unable to restore the house while the insurance payments remain disputed. The landscape has also suffered from the loss of many original plantings and the theft of the metal sundial."
The House along South 13th St. was built in 1915 and was imagined to be an interpretation of an English thatched cottage. It was formerly the home of publisher Hal Trovillion.
