Frustration in Sumner over city’s rush to demolish historic Ryan House

The City of Sumner held a public open house Tuesday night for residents to learn more about various civic projects and initiatives underway in the Pierce County community. One of the hottest topics was the Ryan House, a 19th-century home owned by the city, which the Sumner City Council last week voted to demolish.

As KIRO Newsradio reported earlier this week, the Ryan House, a Victorian home on Main Street in Sumner, built in the 1870s and 1880s and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is now targeted for demolition as soon as November following the council vote last week.

That vote took many, if not most,

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