While preservationists fought to save the remains of the Mountain House throughout the 1950s for their historical value , the policies under which Forest Preserve land was managed required the state to remove most structures on it .
Preservationists were becoming an attractive nuisance as well .
While preservationists fought to save the remains of the Mountain House throughout the 1950s for their historical value , the policies under which Forest Preserve land was managed required the state to remove most structures on it , and they were becoming an attractive nuisance as well .