[MassHistPres] Fwd: Re: Fwd: How to catalyze adaptive reuse of a church

[Benjamin W. Murphy]

The site is zoned Business B, the project I have heard
about conforms to that zone type, it will only need a
special permit for a drive thru (my assumption is that
it will have a drive-thru). Even if the project needed
a zone change that doesn't prevent the church from
being demolished.

Ben Murphy

--- Ralph Slate <slater at rpi.edu> wrote:

> To: "Benjamin W. Murphy" <benjaminwmurphy at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Fwd:  How to catalyze
> adaptive reuse of a church
> From: "Ralph Slate" <slater at rpi.edu>
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:22:22 +0000
> 
> Ben -
> 
> What kind of project are you hearing of?
> 
> Will it require a zone change? If so, that's about
> the only chance. 
> 
> Ralph Slate
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Benjamin W. Murphy"
> <benjaminwmurphy at yahoo.com>
> 
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:57:39 
> To:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Fwd:  How to catalyze
> adaptive reuse of a church
> 
> 
> I believe the church that Ralph wrote about is in
> immediate danger of being torn down. I have it on
> good
> authority that a developer does have plans for the
> site  that include knocking down the building. 
> 
> Does anyone know of any successful cases in the
> state
> that have prevented a landmark building from being
> razed when there is no existing restrictions or
> regulations on the site.
> 
> Ben Murphy
> Springfield Preservation Trust
> 
> --- slater at alum.rpi.edu wrote:
> 
> > From: <slater at alum.rpi.edu>
> > To: <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:40:05 -0800
> > Subject: [MassHistPres] How to catalyze adaptive
> > reuse of a church
> > 
> > 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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