Meghan Hughes presented a fascinating introductory slideshow at last week’s Church Hill North Community Conversation. One of the striking images was the photo above (circa 1940s) of the house that used to be at 901 North 25th Street.
The Community Conversations at the Valentine continue through June with events exploring Old Town Manchester, Carver, Barton Heights, and Forrest Hill.
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PHOTOS: TOP 901 N 25th St. (built 1856) 1940s (demolished) / courtesy the Valentine, Cook Collection // BOTTOM via Google Maps (Sep 2014)
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Wow, those were some great homes we lost to parking lot.
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I agree… nice homes… Stinky to have lost them.
There was no preservation group prior to 1957 and then they focused on South of Broad (St John’s District). The CAR has helped a lot along with awareness of our neighborhoods being independently registered as historic districts.
Also remember that there were many post Civil War era older homes that ended up blighted by the 1940s and demolished. The “white flight” of the 1950s-1960s also took a toll on many older homes left either abandoned or in disrepair with sometimes entire blocks bulldozed by the Urban Renewal Program. Then the opposition in the 1980s of “gentrification”. There seems to have always been something going on and even today, our city counsel could give a rat’s patootie about historic preservation.
The 1940s looked soooo much better…
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