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When Sir Titus Salt set about building the model Victorian village of Saltaire back in 1851, did he think it would become a World Heritage Site? The immediate answer would probably be no.
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LAKELAND — In its prime, the house ranked among the most distinguished in Lakeland, a Victorian treasure standing along a street whose very name signals prosperity. The house at 1022 Success Ave., one of the oldest in the South Lake Morton Historic District, is a modified Queen Anne structure in a neighborhood dominated by Craftsman homes and bungalows. Built before 1910, it stood stately with such exterior features as a hexagonal turret, oversized bay windows and a wraparound porch. On the inside, the home gleamed with sophisticated details: an ornate staircase, 10-foot ceilings, mahogany-...