Tag: Nobscot Union Chapel

  • DPW Head Wants Nobscot Chapel Land to Improve Road

    DPW Head Wants Nobscot Chapel Land to Improve Road

    Nobscot Chapel viewed from Edgell Rd. heading north into intersection.
    Nobscot Chapel viewed from Edgell Rd. approaching intersection at Water St. and Edmands Rd. (photo taken Sept. 2011)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – At a Board of Selectmen Meeting on Tuesday November 8, 2011, Framingham Department of Public Works Director Peter Sellers asked Selectmen to postpone any plan to auction off the Nobscot Union Chapel which was recently taken by the town due to unpaid water bills.

    Sellers presented a plan to round off the corner of Edgell Road and Water Street where the Nobscot Chapel is located.

    Sellers reported that rounding out the final corner of the busy intersection would improve visibility, safety and traffic flow, and noted that the three other corners that make up Nobscot’s main intersection have been rounded in the same manner he’s proposing.

    Sellers claimed that the chapel is not a historic

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