About This Project

This 1875 barn at 161 Pleasant Street Arlington, MA, near the corner of Gray and Pleasant, in the Pleasant Street Historic District, is now a new 1750 square foot fully insulated residence with vaulted ceilings, open living-dining-kitchen space, maple kitchen and bath fixtures and appliances, built-ins in the master bedroom, hardwood and ceramic tile floors, central air, double-paned wood windows, 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Being an historic property, the new home was built with some of the remaining structure and on the site of the original barn. In keeping with directives from the Arlington Historic Commission, the front exterior of the finished new home looks very much like the original barn, in size and design. The approved plans preserve important elements of the exterior.

The architect is Silvana Sawaya.
The home was built by MacArthur Construction Company. It was offered for sale by ePlace.

For more information or answers to your questions contact Susan Murie:

Realtor Susan Murie, ePlace

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8 Comments to “About This Project”

I'd rather not
June 15, 2011 at 1:25 pm

“The approved plans preserve important elements of the exterior.” — I drove by this today and it looks like almost all of the front exterior and framing has been removed. There won’t be much left to preserve at this rate…

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- susankm
  June 15, 2011 at 8:05 pm
  
  The original barn boards are there and the architect’s design keeps the original look. Every effort is being made to use the original materials if they are up to standards. Any material deemed sub-par will be replaced. The current plan is to put in appropriate clapboards from Vermont in order to retain original style. The original barn door will most likely be re-habbed. Take a look at the design and you’ll see it looks very much like the original barn.
  Thanks for your comment.
  
  Susan
  
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Bill
October 26, 2011 at 1:24 am

What is the projected price for this property?

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- susankm
  October 26, 2011 at 6:31 pm
  
  The price has yet to be determined.
  
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andrew
November 20, 2011 at 12:50 am

Any idea when the house will be up for sale?

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- susankm
  November 20, 2011 at 1:36 am
  
  Hi Andrew,
  
  It should be ready 1-1 1/2 months from now. I can show it to you sometime next week if you’d like to see it. Walls are up and plastered and finish work has begun.
  Contact me by e-mail if you’d like to take a look.
  
  susan@eplacehomes.com
  
  Susan
  
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Margaret E. Law
December 31, 2011 at 1:47 am

I don’t understand why this small wooden building is historic in the first place, but given that it is it seems to me that only a small percentage of the original wood, etc will be left although it may look the same from the outside. Surely just looking the same doesn’t preserve the “history”? Shouldn’t there be some percentage of the original left? I would have thought at least 50% but that obviously is not so – look at “Old Ironsides”. I can’t help thinking this historic preservation , business is a bit of a farce many times and this is probably one. 1875 isn’t even all that old – 1775 maybe. (I do realize that it was not your choice to call it historic and you are making the best of it).

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- susankm
  January 28, 2012 at 11:14 pm
  
  Hi Margaret,
  
  Thanks for your comment. Properties in historic districts always have interesting developments. There is indeed some of the original structure left with this original barn. All that had structural integrity was kept. I was told by the historic commission that is one one of few old barns left in Arlington and as such was deemed historic. It used to go with the house next to it.
  
  Susan
  
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