The Camas City Council adopted a resolution during a special meeting Monday night preventing the landmark Farrell House from being used to hold small indoor and outdoor events, officials said.
In doing so, the council affirmed its unanimous vote from a week earlier rejecting owner Heidi Curley’s bid for an unclassified use permit.
Curley, who purchased the house last year, had hoped to hold events ranging from backyard weddings with up to 100 people to luncheons and tea parties with as few as 10. But the council sided with neighbors who voiced concerns about how the events would negatively affect their quality of life.
The Farrell House, 416 N.E. Ione St., was built in 1913 by a well-to-do Camas department store owner and is listed on the Clark County Heritage Register. The distinctive Greek Revival-style home had belonged to the Farrell family prior to last year.
“I will live in this grand old house and raise my three beautiful girls,” Curley wrote on the Farrell House’s Facebook page following the council’s decision.
