After 160 Years, Belmont Cottage Comes Down
Rare example of Gothic Revival house now an empty lot on Washington Street.
The small, yellow house at the corner of Washington Street and Dalton Road had been standing at its location around the same time as Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was published. And for the 160 years, the Gothic Revival house stood along Washington as it changed from a rural byway used by the myriad of farms into a busy suburban road. Known as "The Stone Cottage," the house at 245 Washington St. was built as a guest house for the former Stone Estate just up the road and after a century-and-a-half, it retained its original vertical board and batten sideing and its shed window stills. Today, Thursday, Dec. 6, the cottage – which was on the list of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth – was reduced to rubble as a crew from David G …
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FenwayFinn
9:42 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012
And how much were you willing to pay for that? There's a big eyesore in front of the ice rink that we get the pleasure of seeing everyday to remind us of the fallacy of "the town should save it". You want to save it? Buy it and save it. Don't confiscate my money to do it. THAT would be a real shame. more ›