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Planning Commission recommends historic preservation overlay for 27 Franklin Street (Saint Timothy’s Chapel)

5562745 · August 11, 2025
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Summary

After staff and Historic Preservation Commission reports, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended the City Council apply a Historic Preservation Overlay to the former Saint Timothy’s Chapel at 27 Franklin Street.

The Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 11 to recommend the City Council adopt a Historic Preservation Overlay (HPO) for 27 Franklin Street, a 0.845-acre property that includes the stone church known historically as Saint Timothy’s Chapel.

City planning staff and the Historic Preservation Commission presented findings that the building meets the local designation criteria: it is more than 50 years old, retains sufficient historic integrity and is associated with the city’s early-20th-century suburban development and with Lloyd C. Collier, a local builder and long-serving mayor. The building…

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