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When Schaumburg trustees commissioned a study to designate architecturally significant village buildings in 1991, they did so with the thought of preserving history.
Now that the time has come to declare eight of those buildings village landmarks, four of the owners rather would let bygones be bygones.
More than 30 people attended Thursday's Olde Schaumburg Centre Commission meeting to either endorse the proposed landmark classification or debunk it. What ensued was a two-hour discussion that included appearances by three attorneys and an 89-year-old retiree.
The first lawyer, Keith M. Tracy, owns a 62-year-old proposed landmark house at 593 Groen Court. The second, Frederick M....