The Case of the Empty House

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 19 August 2010 8:56 AM

It’s the case of the empty house says the LA Times. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fans are racing to save the Sherlock Holmes’ writer’s former home in England from being turned into apartments. Not only did Conan Doyle live in the house, he designed and built it as well. City officials say the building’s architecture is too plain to save. And despite the fact that Conan Doyle wrote some of his greatest works there, they say the author’s connection to the property is too tenuous.

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