{"id":2497,"date":"2014-11-12T20:25:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T20:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/archive\/?page_id=2497"},"modified":"2019-03-13T19:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T19:09:53","slug":"albion-welch-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/archive\/albion-welch-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Albion F. Welch House<\/div>\n
By Richard B. Trask<\/div>\n

The following are excerpts of a report submitted to the Danvers Preservation Commission, at their request, to assist in determining if the dwelling at 22 Conant Street was historically significant, in order to place a 6-month delay upon the owner wanting to tear it down for a 30 space parking lot. The delay afforded the Commission and other interested parties some time to find and present alternatives to the owner to preserve the structure. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0A 6-month demolition delay was imposed on the dwelling beginning on October 29, 2014. Alternatives presented included removing the rear 20th century portion of the structure and the side porte-cochere, which would afford the creation of 20 parking spaces. When this proposal was rejected, an alternative of moving the 1894 portion of the house to a recently vacant lot on Sylvan Street\u00a0 was suggested, but not taken. On August 17, 2015, the entire structure was demolished to make room for a church parking lot. Preservationist Matt Pujo videotaped the demolition, a portion of which, with his kind permission, is included below. The full version is available on YouTube under “Mackey Funeral Home Demolition – Danvers, MA<\/a>.”
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