[MassHistPres] Reading historic house

Mon Jul 28 13:32:34 EDT 2014

I know that other towns such as Hopkinton have zoning bylaws that allow an
historic house to remain and the land around it to be carved out for
development.  Since there's already been a long fight, this probably won't
work for this property but might be a future consideration.  On the other
hand, I can't imagine a non-profit wanting to move in and get a lot of grief
from the community.  Your best bet might be to see if the buyer would be
willing to retain the historic building and create an addition.  Depends on
how much community support you have.

Laurie Young
Barnstable
ovnonp at gmail.com
617-429-1354

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   1. Reading historic house threatened (Mark Landry)
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:17:50 -0400
From: Mark Landry <mark at landmarkservices.com>
Subject: [MassHistPres] Reading historic house threatened
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I got this email from a friend in Reading about a house on Summer Street in
Reading. Summer Street has a wonderful collection of large, stately, mostly
late-19th century homes, many with carriage houses or barns.  If anyone has
any thoughts on how to save this house, please share.

"This is the house right across the street from me, please see attached
photo.

A little background info. The owner has tried to sell the adjacent lot to
her home but the town would not allow her because she did not have enough
frontage.This is a large property, actually three separate lots. I don't
know all the details but she was in a protracted legal battle with the town
for a long time  and lost. She currently has a signed P and S with a private
non profit, Criterion Child, Inc. , to build a social services,
"educational" facility which would be exempt from zoning under the Dover
amendment, supposedly.

This was a private deal and the house was never put on the open market.
Criterion Child plans to demolish the home and the barn and put up a 10,000
sq foot, one level structure, 2400 sq foot playground , and parking for 20
cars.

There was a public historical meeting where the bylaw to delay demolition
for six months was imposed. 

The neighbors and town are currently organizing to see if there is anyway we
can prevent the destruction of this home and the permanent impact it will
have on our neighborhood, town and history.

I would appreciate any thoughts you might have on this."

Thanks,

Mark

Mark Landry   
Landmark Services Inc.   
326 Washington Street Annex
Wellesley MA 02481
508-533-8393
www.landmarkservices.com

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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:30:37 -0400
From: Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Reading historic house threatened
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Mark

An LHD, if it could be created in time, is not subject to Dover.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

On Jul 27, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Mark Landry <mark at landmarkservices.com> wrote:

> I got this email from a friend in Reading about a house on Summer Street
in Reading. Summer Street has a wonderful collection of large, stately,
mostly late-19th century homes, many with carriage houses or barns.  If
anyone has any thoughts on how to save this house, please share.
> 
> 
> "This is the house right across the street from me, please see attached
photo.
> 
> A little background info. The owner has tried to sell the adjacent lot to
her home but the town would not allow her because she did not have enough
frontage.This is a large property, actually three separate lots. I don't
know all the details but she was in a protracted legal battle with the town
for a long time  and lost. She currently has a signed P and S with a private
non profit, Criterion Child, Inc. , to build a social services,
"educational" facility which would be exempt from zoning under the Dover
amendment, supposedly.
> 
> This was a private deal and the house was never put on the open market.
Criterion Child plans to demolish the home and the barn and put up a 10,000
sq foot, one level structure, 2400 sq foot playground , and parking for 20
cars.
> 
> There was a public historical meeting where the bylaw to delay demolition
for six months was imposed. 
> 
> The neighbors and town are currently organizing to see if there is anyway
we can prevent the destruction of this home and the permanent impact it will
have on our neighborhood, town and history.
> 
> I would appreciate any thoughts you might have on this."
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> <186 Summer Ave.jpeg>
> 
> Mark Landry   
> Landmark Services Inc.   
> 326 Washington Street Annex
> Wellesley MA 02481
> 508-533-8393
> www.landmarkservices.com
> 
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