After 142 years, a legacy of Waverley Square's birth is gone in a day.
For 142 years, the historic First Congregational Church of Waverly stood as a marker for a community, its white, clapboard steeple a beacon for the people who formed and then flurished in Belmont's Waverley Square over the next century. It took less than two hours to reduce it into a heap of wood and dust. "Sadness and disbelief from all that came by," according to Bet Lee of Grant Avenue who took numerous photos of the demolition. "People are in shock. The demo crew was asked if they would save the cross for the Belmont Historical Society. They said that it would be destroyed but, a neighbor saw one of them put it into the truck once the tower came down," said Lee. The demolition on Monday, Jan. 28, of the oldest church structure in …
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Development plans still not known as buyer has not submitted papers to town.
After 142 years of being the heart of worship in Belmont's Waverley neighborhood, the historic First Congregational Church of Waverly celebrated its final Sunday service on Jan 6 as the building was sold on Monday, Jan. 7 to a Weston-based developer for $1.3 million. "I walked by the church on Sunday and saw parishioners putting stuff into a dumpster. I asked them what was going on and they told me they had to have all the stuff moved out by end of the day," said Jan Kruse, whose home's backyard abuts the church. A familiar beacon to the residents of Waverley Square since the 1880s when it was one of the first community building in the neighborhood, the future of historic building is now up to buyer E&A Properties, LLC, which is owned by …
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Rick Sacca
1:19 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
sad to see a milestone of my youth go away in this manner. Any other Pilgrim Fellowship members out there? Hit me up on FB. Rick Sacca more ›