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  The Salisbury beach house couldn’t have a better location: It rises above an undulating sand dune at the head of the beach and gazes at the endless ocean beyond. The structure itself was another story. While the site is glorious, the turn-of-the-20th-century frame house was sinking when the current owners bought it three or four years ago. Originally built as the summer home of John Tener, the president of the National Baseball League and the governor of Pennsylvania, years of heavy use and a damp seaside location had rendered it structurally unsound. Also, it had been built for an earlier sensibility, when views and access
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