Word: landmarking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Paula Van Gelder--a staff member of the Cambridge Department of Human Services, who has helped coordinate in the past year the revitalization of the 19th-century house, which is a historical landmark--said yesterday the insurance company had not released any estimates of the fire damage...
...commission postponed for two weeks a final ruling on the landmark status of the Physicians' House, located on Blossom St. in MGH's Boston complex...
Roger Snow, a Beacon Hill resident who organized a petition requesting that the commission grant the landmark status and thereby prevent the demolition or alteration of the building's exterior, said yesterday that the house--currently used for MGH offices--is of both architectural and historic significance, but that its architect, Carl Fehmer, "hasn't gotten much recognition" for several buildings he designed in downtown Boston...
Herbert P. Gleason '50, the attorney representing MGH, said that "the house is really not of landmark importance." A study done by the hospital found that the house is "simply not notable," Gleason added...
Snow said landmark status is difficult to get, as six of the nine members on the commission must vote in favor of the special designation in order for it to pass. But he added that he is "cautiously optimistic...