Little Red Schoolhouse, Amherst College, Wednesday
In the end the much fought over Little Red Schoolhouse, which was granted a one year stay of execution by the Amherst Historical Commission, went down in a matter of days.And no, surprisingly, Carol Gray did not chain herself to the building as the backhoes rumbled in to do their job.
Little Red Schoolhouse Thursday
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11 comments:
Got to love the Historical Commission, how much did they cost us this time? They should get a recommendation from the Financial Committee before they declare a state of emergency, I mean demolition delay. How many of these 'one year' delays have we had that ended like this. At what cost?
did Carol Gray get her brick, a bit of the little red school house that she can treasure forever?
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
Historical Commission is a joke and trying to land grab the downtown to show balls.
As a member of the Community Preservation Act Committee, I did not favor the proposal brought to us to preserve the schoolhouse. But neither do I think it is helpful to denigrate Carol or the Historic Commission for their efforts to preserve either specifically this building, and generally the historic built environment of Amherst. A little respect of everyone's motives might actually help the process in the long run. Peter Jessop
Why did Amherst College, a "public charity" supposedly organized toward educating young adults (at no small public & private expense) even HAVE a little red schoolhouse????
I am lost here with the different responses to our historic buildings and gardens. Okay for Amherst College to take apart a historic schoolhouse, ask the town for money to preserve the Evergreens after spending $100k on moving a tree? Everyone supports preserviing the library garden but no one cares about a 250year old colonial garden next door at the Strong House? Okay to preserve historic housees near Emily Dickinson but not if they in the downtown? Is there any rhyme or reason here?
Thank you Roger Waters.
Wirh kindercare so freely commonplace a zeitgeist on in Hampshire Mall convienence and effiency will guide the stars now !!!
The strong House garden is not 250 years old. It was planted in the late 1960's to "Emulate" an 1800's garden.
I think it was planted in the 40"s on the site of the original kitchen garden so it's on the old site.
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