Should we preserve historical landmarks, even when they are from sketchy individuals?

Sometimes when we talk with people about the Aaron Burr house museum initiative, usually when we are out on the street gathering signatures and whatnot, we come across people who are not that happy to hear about the little effort that our group is undergoing. Some people don’t seem to be that trilled hearing about turning Aaron Burr house into a museum because they aren’t that trilled about the Aaron Burr, the person. This begs the questions, should we preserve historical landmarks, even when they are from sketchy individuals?

A plea to Mr. Walton Ford – consider repurposing Aaron Burr house into museum

Today we’re going to be making an unusual article that’s more a message to one particular individual, and that individual is Mr. Walton Ford. For those who aren’t aware of this fact, but Mr. Ford is the current owner of the Aaron Burr townhouse, the one that the Aaron Burr house movement is trying to turn its status into a museum. Mr. Ford purchased the house just a few months ago.

Collecting signatures to make the Aaron Burr house a museum

If you are new to the Aaron Burr House movement, we’re a small group of history buffs from West Village, Greenwich, New York, who would like to see the Aaron Burr townhouse on Commerce Street be officially named a museum. We call ourselves the West Village Historical Society, and our goal is to turn the Aaron Burrs old house into a museum in an effort to preserve it as a piece of history.