The number of buildings lost in the Sept. 2 Superblock fire has risen from five to 11, all part of the city’s Five & Dime Historic District.

During a Sept. 9 hearing of the city’s Commission for Historical and Architecture Preservation (CHAP), panel members were told that four vacant buildings either collapsed or had to be taken down because they were structurally unsound and posed a threat to public safety, and that others were being evaluated. The rear portion of a fifth also was deemed unsalvageable.

The city-owned buildings that were initially targeted for demolition were located at 117, 119 and 121 N. Howard St. The building that collapsed as a result of the five-alarm fire was at 224 W. Fayette St. The building at 227 W. Lexington St. had its rear portion targeted for removal.

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