[MassHistPres] How to catalyze adaptive reuse of a church

[Brian Yates]

Partners for Sacred Spaces from Philadelphia is the national organization
with the most experience in this.  There was a Preservation Coalition of
organizations in Greater Boston that developed a package of information
during the closings here.  Try Historic Mass. and the Boston office of the
National Trust.

On 11/19/07, slater at alum.rpi.edu <slater at alum.rpi.edu> wrote:
>
> There is an 1860's church in Springfield that is not within a local
> historic district and does not have any state-held preservation
> restrictions on it. It was closed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of
> Springfield and is up for sale. The church sits on land that could be
> considered "prime" for non-historic use -- a street with a lot of
> automobile traffic, right next to Route 91 (it's St. Joseph's Roman
> Catholic Church, for those familiar with Springfield).
>
> Given there is no legal protection for this building, and no
> governmental interest in the building, I'm looking for specific ideas
> how a local historical commission can drum up private interest for
> adaptive reuse. Absent of incentive funds, are there any steps that we
> might try to incite someone to buy this building and convert it into
> something else?
>
> Ralph Slate
> Springfield Historical Commission
>
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