Friday, March 15, 2013
The building on Belmont Street dating back to the early 19th century will be given historic landmark status.
The farm house on Belmont Street that dates back to the 1830s will be saved and refurbished after the owners - Beacon High School - and the town came to an agreement to make it a historic landmark. The Orchard House sits on the school's property and had been threatened with demolition will be preserved after months of negotiations and efforts to save the house. Thursday night the Historical Commission agreed in principle to the creation of the landmark. In April the Commission will hold a public hearing and vote on creation of the historic landmark. History The Orchard House is one of the last Greek Revival homes left in Watertown and has ties to notable people associated with the Revolution, Abolition and Temperance movements, art, …
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Friday, February 1, 2013
The vote is one of the steps toward creating a historic district for the Orchard House.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission voted this week to accept the application from the Watertown Historic District Commission to create a district to protect the Orchard House. The district started a move to protect the house by creating a one-property historic district at 917 Belmont Street in August 2012, when the owners of the property, Beacon High School, filed a request to demolish the house that dates back to the 1830s. The Historic District Commission (MHC) sent a draft of the application to create the district to the Mass. Historical Commission in December, and this week the Christopher Skelly, director of Local Government Programs for the MHC, sent a letter to Harvey Steiner, chairman of the Historic District Commission. The…
Monday, November 26, 2012
The 1830s farm house that is owned by the Beacon School was also recently added to the Massachusetts Most Endangered Resource List.
The Historic District Commission is expected to take the next step in the efforts to protect a Watertown farm house dating back to the 1830 this week. On Wednesday, Historic District Commission members will meet to review their application to create the historic district for the Orchard House – which would include just the property at 917 Belmont St. in Watertown – and are expected to take a vote on whether to approve the application and send it to state officials. The building currently sits on property owned by the Walker School, which uses it as part of the Beacon High School campus. The Historic District Commission started the process to protect the building in August after Walker School officials applied to tear down the buildling to …
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Beacon High School's offer to not touch the Orchard House for 3 years did not stop the Historic District Commission from moving forward with application process.
An offer by Beacon High School officials that would have delayed the demolition of the Orchard House by three years did not put the brakes the Historic District Commission's effort to turn protect the building by creating a historic district. On Wednesday night, Steve Tannenbaum, vice president of the board of directors of the Walker School - which runs Beacon School - presented the offer to the commission. The delay would allow the school to work with the town and others to find a way to save the house. Historic District Commission (HDC) Chairman Harvey Steiner said he plans to keep the application process going. "I personally want to see the building preserved," Steiner said. "I don't want to take a step backward and watch from the …
Mara
11:51 am on Monday, November 26, 2012
Either give funding to the school for the thorough upkeep or tear the building down. It is an eyesore! more ›