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

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Contact the Nahant Historical Society.  The town renovated the old elementary school as a community center with a museum space, research space and classrooms used as yoga studios or meeting space.

 

Richard Smith

Swampscott Historical Commission

 

From: MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> On Behalf Of Richard McGrath
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Subject: [MassHistPres] PRESENT, ONGOING, LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY SCHOOL BUILDING REUSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

 

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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