US Government Ownership
In the 1970s, the US government instantiated the Tocks Island Dam project. This was to be a dam that blocked the flow of the Delaware River, and when completed, would flood a huge area that included where Arrowhead still stood as of 2005. Virginia Kidd was forced to sell the building to the government, but was able to negotiate an agreement whereby she could remain there until the dam was completed and the property actually in danger of flooding. Subsequently, the Tocks Island Dam project was never completed, the US park service obtained jurisdiction over all the properties that had been purchased for the project, and although Virginia died, her literary agency remained there under the risk of eviction, with the park service refusing to provide a new lease.
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