Hampton trustees take action on hazardous building

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Klute presents plan to take down, recycle his building on 3rd Street

  • Barricades have been erected by the Village of Hampton around this 1893 opera house building which was declared an unsafe building by the board last month. Owner Dan Klute has presented a proposal to tear down the structure and salvage the building materials.
    Barricades have been erected by the Village of Hampton around this 1893 opera house building which was declared an unsafe building by the board last month. Owner Dan Klute has presented a proposal to tear down the structure and salvage the building materials.

    The Hampton Village Board is closer to solutions to two current community problems following the first regular meeting of the new year on Monday night. Movement was made toward dealing with a building on 3rd Street that was declared a hazard by the board at its December meeting and the trustees also took action on a plan to pipe drinking water from Aurora to solve the problem of high nitrate level…