Photo by R.R. Best

•February 17, 2021•
By Crystal Reed
NP Writer

The demolition process began last week at the site of the Titus home. According to Sullivan City Administrator Dan Flannell, the demolition is expected to be completed within three-four weeks.
The brick and concrete from the structure will be removed to the city of Sullivan’s storage lot where it will be ground up and repurposed. The property will not be for sale and will stay in the inventory of the city long term.
Flannell said that the demolition crew is avoiding the disturbance of trees and plantings on the property, and a small metal garage will remain in place as storage for the park system.
According to a biography written by R. Eden Martin, the Titus home was built by Winnifred Titus’s father, J.B. Titus, in 1895, replacing an earlier and small four-room structure on the same site. The new house was a home for J.B., his wife Louise, Winnie (22 in 1895) and Louise’s aged mother Wilhelmina. After Winnie returned from Europe in 1910, she lived with her parents in that home where she offered piano lessons to her students.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.