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Southbury Training School Future Use Study
Southbury Training School Future Use Study Prepared for the Town of Southbury Planning Commission April 23, 2018 Executive Summary Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Previous Studies .................................................................................................................................... 3 Case Studies........................................................................................................................................... 4 Potential Future Uses ............................................................................................................................ 4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................ 5 Strategies ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Appendix A: Future Use Plan Map Appendix B: Recommendations and Strategies from September 12, 2017 Meeting Appendix C: Summary of Feedback from June 13, 2017 Workshop Appendix D: Existing Conditions Assessment from May 23, 2017 Meeting Page 2 Introduction Southbury Training School (STS) is a residential facility for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) run by the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS). At its peak, STS was home to 2,300 residents, supported by thousands of -
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
NPS Form 10-900 0MB No. 10244019 (R»v. B-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NATIONAL REGISTER This form Is for use In nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for Individual properties or districts. See Instructions In Quldallnat tor Completing National Register Forma (National Register Bulletin 18). Complete each Item by marking "x" In the appropriate box or by entering the requested Information. If an Item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcstegorles listed In the Instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name United States Housing corporation Historic District___________ other names/site number Proj I-* 4- &157 (use for publication) 2. Location street & number Roughly bounded by Colman, Fuller , West Pleasant; |not for publication City, town T.nndon Streets and Jefferson Avenue vicinity state connecticut code CT county New London code Oil zip code 06320 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property private bulldlng(a) Contributing Noncontrlbutlng public-local X district 115 9 buildings public-State site , sites public-Federal structure __ structures object __ objects .9_Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously ——N/A—————————————————— listed In the National Register 0 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this OH nomination EH request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth In 36 CFR Part 60. -
Connecticut Preservation News March/April 2008 Volume XXXI, No
Connecticut Preservation News March/April 2008 Volume XXXI, No. 2 Norwalk’s Grumman-St. John house in 2006 and 2008. Tod Bryant Victory in Norwalk dvocates of preserving the Grumman-St. John house inn or else expanded the inn on its present site and allowed the A scored a victory on February 6, when state Superior house to be sold for other purposes. Court Judge Thomas Nadeau granted a temporary injunction While none of these alternatives provided the full number of against demolition of the house. The judge found that there were rooms that Handrinos wished to build, Judge Nadeau concluded “prudent and feasible alternatives” to tearing down the 200-plus that they had the potential to provide a reasonable return. “It is year old structure, a contributing resource to the Norwalk Green true that all of the alternatives represent fewer new rooms than National Register district. In 2006 the Connecticut Trust listed defendant sought,” Nadeau wrote in his decision. “This factor the house as one of the Most Important Threatened Historic alone cannot serve to drop alternatives out of the feasible and Places in Connecticut. prudent atmosphere… . Were it otherwise, an applicant could Chris Handrinos, owner of the neighboring Norwalk Inn claim unrealistically high needs in order to brand most posed and Conference Center, bought the house in 2001 in order alternatives imprudent.” to raze it and expand his inn. After resolving a dispute with a Lawsuits under CEPA have been rare and often unsuccess- neighbor, Handrinos obtained a demolition permit in December, ful, so this decision is welcome to preservationists, particularly 2006. -
Market Snapshot 3.) Case Studies 4.) Opportunities and Constraints 5.) Menu of Future Uses 6.) Breakout Session
Southbury Training School Future Use Study Public Workshop June 13, 2017 6/7/2017 1 Agenda 1.) Recap of Previous Studies and Existing Conditions 2.) Market Snapshot 3.) Case Studies 4.) Opportunities and Constraints 5.) Menu of Future Uses 6.) Breakout Session 6/7/2017 2 Southbury 2012 POCD Specific Goals for Southbury Training School: • Encourage and support all proposals and efforts to preserve historic sites and structures, especially in historic districts, including the Southbury Training School • Take a pro-active approach in working with the State and residents so that the future use of the Southbury Training School is in the best interest of the Town • Ensure that the future use of the land and buildings at the Southbury Training School will reflect the Town’s character, help meet community needs, provide community amenities and preserve the site’s agricultural and natural and historic resources 6/7/2017 3 Southbury 2012 POCD Conservation Development Infrastructure Maintain the current pattern of development Minimize impacts associated with transportation, Preserve 25% of Southbury's land as permanent with core villages and outlying rural such as congestion, pollution and loss of open space by the year 2025 neighborhoods community character Encourage alternative transportation such as Continue to create a cohesive open space Maintain commercial and industrial zone patterns walking and biking to provide more network made up of open space, greenbelts, "as is." Do not change boundaries for the transportation choices and promote a -
National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form 1
NPS Form 10-900 (3-82) OHB No, 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 United States Department off the Interior National Park Service For NPS use only National Register of Historic Places received DEC 171987 Inventory Nomination Form date entered See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries complete applicable sections____________ 1. Name historic and or common NORWICH HOSPITAL 2. Location street & number Route 12 N/A not for publication city, town Norwich / Preston N/A vicinity of state Connecticut code 09 county New London code 007 3. Classification Category Ownership Status Present Use district X public x occupied agriculture museum X building(s) private X unoccupied commercial park structure both work in progress educational private residence site Public Acquisition Accessible entertainment __ religious object in process X yes: restricted government scientific being considered ._ yes: unrestricted __ industrial __ transportation N/A no military x other- mental 4. Owner off Property facility Connecticut Department of Mental Health name Michael F. Hogan, Commissioner________ (continued) street & number 90 Washington Street city, town Hartford N/A. vicinity of state Connecticut 5. Location off Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Norwich Town Clerk (continued) street & number City Hall - Room 214 Norwich city, town state Connecticut 6. Representation in Existing Surveys title State Register of Historic Places has this property been determined eligible? yes no date 1985 federal state county local Connecticut Historical Commission depository for survey records 59 South Prospect Street city, town Hartford state Connecticut 7. Description Coridition Check one Check one V excellent deteriorated unaltered original site X good ruins :x altered moved date X fair unexposed Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Norwich Hospital is a large complex of early 20th-century institutional buildings located on both sides of the Norwich-Preston town line.