[MassHistPres] Church Re-Use

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I am wondering if people feel that churches that are also architectural gems 
should be protected from removal of their exterior ornamentation during 
re-use.   We have a situation where one congregation has decided on their own to 
remove statues from the exterior in a most aggregious way.   We tried to have 
this church designated historic, but the archdiocese refused.

In a message dated 11/20/07 2:38:33 PM, jameswhadley at hotmail.com writes:


> 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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>     1. Re: How to catalyze adaptive reuse of a church (Aaron Marcavitch)
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