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...chapel's designation as a protected landmark effectively ends a Somerville real estate developer's plans to demolish the building...
...This is not the last of the threats to the Swedenborg however. The historical landmark designation does not, for instance, protect the interior of the church...
...Historical Commission did not include the annex of the chapel--where the congregation's Sunday school meets--under the landmark designation. The annex, built in the 1960s, is home to the reverend's office...
...Although Harvard supports the land-marking of the exterior of the chapel, Power said the University would not necessarily be in support of a measure allowing the city to designate any building's interior a historical landmark...
...could potentially discourage adaptive reuse of historic properties," Power said. "Many of Harvard's properties are historic. If the landmark were to include the interior space, it might make it more difficult for Harvard to support land-marking in the future...