One of two neighboring houses on Main Street slated by the city for demolition could be coming down soon. The Board of Architectural Review Tuesday gave the City of Vicksburg the go-ahead to raze a dilapidated house at 716 Main Street, but put a five-month stay on the city’s plans to demolish the neighboring house at 718 Main. The houses are located between Walnut Street and Washington streets in the city’s historic district and have been declared unsafe by the city. Zoning official Paula Wright said the board granted the city’s request to take down the house at 716 Main because a city inspector had declared the house, which is severely deteriorated, a safety hazard. She said the stay was put on 718 Main St. because several board members believed the house could be saved. The vote on the stay was 4-2, with members Betty Bullard and Harry Sharp opposing. Members Charlie Gholson, Dorwin Shields and Tom Pharr were absent. “I didn’t see any point in giving it that long,” Sharp said. “The building inspector said it was about to cave in and it was unsafe.” He added city inspectors did not say the same thing about the two county-owned homes the Warren County Board of Supervisors want razed. The board twice denied the county’s request to demolish the buildings, in April and December. According to county tax records, the house at 718 Main St. is owned by Marcella Haney. It is unoccupied but has service from Entergy and Vicksburg Utilities. A light burns on the porch and inside the house. A padlock secures the front door. A neighbor said someone stops by the house daily to check on it. While in better shape than the house at 716 Main, it does have a slight lean. Haney previously had an opportunity to repair the house. A poster on the building dated Feb. 27, 2014, warns people that the building is unsafe, and two permits — a building permit to renovate the house dated March 26, 2014, and certificate of appropriateness from the Board of Architectural Review dated March 17 — are in the front window. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on March 18, gave Haney a 60-day extension to begin work on the house. Community Development Director Victor Gray-Lewis said Wright will send Haney a letter telling her about the stay on the house, and she will be asked to prepare a renovation plan. In other action, the board granted developer Tully Hall permission to add a front porch and deck to front the building he is renovating at 723 Grove St.