By Jan Worth-Nelson For staff and historians of the only Victorian home left from the row of mansions that once graced  Kearsley Street, the fire of 2015 was a crushing blow.  One November day, a welding torch left by roofers working on copper gutters at the Whaley Historic House Museum ignited a blaze that, along with smoke and water damage, ruined every room. Following a settlement and fundraising campaign, restoration work began.  Workers had to take down the interior to its original timbers on all three floors.  The $2 million restoration project of the two and a half years since is almost done,...