Foundation restoring Battersea wants to buy the house

Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 4:01 a.m.
PETERSBURG—A nonprofit group is making a bid to purchase the 18th century house Battersea. Battersea Foundation, which partners with Petersburg to preserve, restore and revitalize the villa, recently presented a proposal in which the group would purchase the historic building and property from the city for $200,000. That figure represents the same amount paid by the city when it bought the property in 1985.


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