Long-standing Massachusetts home could face demo

The Historical Commission of Worcester, Massachusetts, will soon meet to determine whether a mixed-use property that was built in either 1770 or 1815 should face a dismantling and demolition process.

According to This Week in Worcester, Worcester’s Historical Commission will consider the preservation versus demolition merits of the property at a meeting June 16.

According to the publication, the Massachusetts Historical Commission lists the building as a historic property on the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, with that listing saying the wood-framed structure was built in 1815. City of Worcester property records reportedly show, however, it could have been built in 1770.

The property on Lincoln Street has changed hands several times in the past two centuries, according to This Week in Worcester. It spent much of its time span as a farm house.

“The two-story mixed-use property is 7,300 square feet with 4,500 square feet of living space,” writes the media outlet, and it sits on 1.5 acres of land. It has most recently been assessed with a value of $565,700, according to This Week in Worcester.