Friday, August 10, 2012
This is the second in a three part series on the historic houses of East Main Street.
As part of a three-part series on the historic houses of East Main Street, this week will focus on the section of East Main Street from Robert Sproul Road to Brook Street. East Main Street, from the area of the Peak House and the 1750 Eliakim Morse house down to the Baptist Church, is truly the “Gateway” into Medfield. It is the initial impression one gets when coming into Medfield along Route 109. It contains homes dating back to the Colonial Period and magnificent landmarks out of the 18th and 19th centuries. That historic stretch is one of the factors that makes Medfield, Medfield. It is a factor when people decide to move here, it is a part of the historic heritage that gives Medfield its historical uniqueness, and it is a factor that …
Friday, August 3, 2012
This is the first in a three part series on the historic houses of East Main Street.
This week will cover the section of East Main Street from Pound Street to Robert Sproul Road. East Main Street, from the area of the Peak House and the 1750 Eliakim Morse house down to the Baptist Church, is truly the “Gateway” into Medfield. It is the initial impression one gets when coming into Medfield along Route 109. It contains homes dating back to the Colonial Period and magnificent landmarks out of the 18th and 19th centuries. That historic stretch is one of the factors that makes Medfield, Medfield. It is a factor when people decide to move here, it is a part of the historic heritage that gives Medfield its historical uniqueness, and it is a factor that helps to preserve and maintain the property values we have in Medfield, no …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The committee was appointed last month and will meet tonight to review its mission statement, which the Board of Selectmen approved Tuesday night, and to learn the lengthy history behind the former Medfield State Hospital property.
The newly-appointed “State Hospital Redevelopment Study Committee” will hold its first official meeting tonight at Town Hall at 7 p.m. The committee visited the former Medfield State Hospital on June 14 but tonight will meet to review its mission statement and learn the history of the property. The committee includes Marc Verreault, Jim Rohnstock, Ken Richard, Scott Colwell, Kerry McCormack, Roberta Lynch, Timothy Bonfatti, Stephen Nolan, William Mann, and Robert Ingram. In a memo to the Redevelopment Study Committee, the selectmen thanked the members for their willingness “to work on a difficult and complex problem.” “It is only because of the willingness of so many of Medfield’s residents to step up and volunteer their services, that …
Richard DeSorgher
9:29 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Elizabeth, That is what is so unique about Medfield's historic districts, unlike the more known ones like in Beacon Hill and Nantucket. In the existing Medfield historic district you can indeed make those cosmetic changes you mentioned; you can do just about anything short of tearing down the house. Talk to those on West Main Street who are in the Metcalf Historic District; they have made many … more ›