Residents of West End neighborhood make urgent effort to preserve home, records say Mayor owns

The historic “Heard House” in the McCrorey Heights Neighborhood will undergo demolition this month, Sean Langely, president of the McCrorey Heights Neighborhood Association, told QCity Metro. 

According to Mecklenburg County property records, Mayor Vi Lyles owns the home. 

QCity Metro reached out to Lyles to confirm what she plans to do with the home, but as of early Tuesday afternoon, she has yet to respond.

Angela Stoyanovich, vice president of land use and property matters in the McCrorey Heights Neighborhood Association, created a petition to halt its destruction. 

According to Stoyanovich, this petition is not the first effort residents have made to preserve the home. 

This is a developing story.