[MassHistPres] Church Re-Use

[James Hadley]

The former First Parish Sandwich is now a residence, after stints as a doll museum and B&B. It is a sister esthetically to First Parish Brewster, built one year apart (1832 -33)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mitchell Mulholland 
  To: John Worden 
  Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Church Re-Use


  Hi John,
  Wouldn't the new non-descript building have been a "MacChurch"?
  Mitch Mulholland

  John Worden wrote: 
The best use for a surplus church is as a new home for another congregation. 
Altho' the Catholic Church is pulling back, there are many congregations 
that are growing, and in need of bigger and better spaces.  In Arlington, 
where the Archdiocese closed two of the four parishes, one (my former 
parish) was unimaginatively demolished & replaced by a non-descript 
"McMansion" but the other was sold to a Greek Orthodox congregation which 
was in need of a bigger facility.

J. Worden
Arlington HDC


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