[MassHistPres] Endangered early 20th century schoolhouse

[Richard McGrath]

Dear members. The town of Lunenburg vacated the early 20th century, brick
schoolhouse about 10 years ago or so. No maintenance has been done on it
since. It is suffering demolition by neglect
but is still a solid structure. There is a movement in town to tear it down
at a cost of over $500,000.and to make a park on the property. The building
is in the Architectural Preservation District. We are lookling for what
other towns have done with such buildings so that we may present to the
town strong alternatives to demolition...............................

With modern building codes, is renovating such buildings economically
feasible? I have seen many of these buildings restored and reused in
different communities in the 1980's but things have changed since then with
stricter codes and Lunenburg is a green town. Any advice or experience
would be appreciated.

Richard McGrath, chairman Lunenburg APDC
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