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House Where Detective Novel Written May Be Razed For Parking Lot

ONEONTA ZONING BOARD TO DECIDE House Where Detective Novel Written May Be Razed For Parking Lot ONEONTA – The Salvation Army will ask the city Zoning & Housing Board of Appeals to allow them to demolish the home at 31 River St. following a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24. The home is believed to have been where Willard Huntinton Wright, as S.S. Van Dine, wrote “The Benson Murder Case,” the first of 12 novels starring detective Philo Vance.…

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