A pair of Belmont parcels where once stood historic structures are in the midst of being reborn after the structures that previously occupied the sites met with an unexpected demise.
On Clover Street, the final remains of the historic Weeks-Fremming House built in 1897 was being trucked away, 14 months after an early-morning fire consumed the 12-room Colonial just a week before its owner, George Antoniadis, was going to move into the house after a year-long renovation. The demolition crew were in the process of digging out the previous foundation.
It is reported that neighbors can expect to see a very modern designed house to replace the damaged structure.
In Waverley Square, the first wooden skeleton of the first townhouses on the former location of the iconic First Congregational Church of Waverley is rising from the ground less than eight months since the historic 142 year old house - the oldest church in Belmont - was razed in January.
The church, built in 1871, was bought by a Weston developer in January for $1.3 million who made it clear that he would transform the 34,000 sq.-ft. lot into a parcel filled with two condo townhouses. The church's destruction led to the Town Meeting to approve a bylaw that would provide incentives for developers to preserve religious structures.
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