[MassHistPres] PRESENT, ONGOING, LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY SCHOOL BUILDING REUSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

[Barbara Kurze]

Newton has the 1904 Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School at 51 Pettee Street that was converted to condos in the 1980s (or 1990s?) and includes a community space.

Barbara Kurze
Senior Preservation Planner

I am working remotely, so please send all correspondence and applications via email. Email: bkurze at newtonma.gov. We are not accepting hard copy historic district commission applications at this time.

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Greetings. I am looking for a community that has an in progress  reuse rehab project of an old school building that I could use as a model to present to the town of Lunenburg as an alternative to the demolition of our early 20th century primary school.. Presently conveyance of the idea of such a building having any use, despite many past examples of the reuse of old school buildings in surrounding communities, has been unsuccessful. I thought that if I had an example from a city or town that had an old school that was presently in the act of being rehabbed, people might be able to relate to the idea better........if they thought it was a worthwhile idea to save and reuse the old school, then why can't we?

Regards,
Richard McGrath, Chair, Lunenburg APDC

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