An excavator tears down the historic Capt. Joshua Heath house in Center Conway on Tuesday afternoon. The barn is slated to be razed Wednesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
An excavator tears down the historic Capt. Joshua Heath house in Center Conway on Tuesday afternoon. The barn is slated to be razed Wednesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Capt. Joshua Heath house as it looked last winter. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
CONWAY — A former 18th century home and tavern that local historians say once served as a host for Conway’s first town meetings was razed Monday and Tuesday, and the attached barn is to come down today to make way for an Eastern Propane office building and a maintenance building.
“It’s sad to see it go,” said Selectman Steve Porter of Conway, when asked about the demolition of the 1771-built former Capt. Joshua Heath home and tavern located 1534 East Main St. (Route 302) in Center Conway.
It’s ironic to see a 250-year-old structure replaced by a fossil fuel company office on the same day the US is announcing plans to cut emissions by 50% by 2030, while General Motors has committed to all electric vehicles by 2035. In Sedgwick, Maine a grant has been offered to study how hand-hewn woodwork was done in preindustrial America, and in New Hampshire the “Human Powered” ski tradition is alive and well. I understand that it makes no economic sense to save the old beams that someone’s great, great, grandfather labored to shape from the forest, but it makes me wonder what else we lose when we erase the history that made us.
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It’s ironic to see a 250-year-old structure replaced by a fossil fuel company office on the same day the US is announcing plans to cut emissions by 50% by 2030, while General Motors has committed to all electric vehicles by 2035. In Sedgwick, Maine a grant has been offered to study how hand-hewn woodwork was done in preindustrial America, and in New Hampshire the “Human Powered” ski tradition is alive and well. I understand that it makes no economic sense to save the old beams that someone’s great, great, grandfather labored to shape from the forest, but it makes me wonder what else we lose when we erase the history that made us.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/gm-go-all-electric-2035-phase-out-gas-diesel-engines-n1256055
https://www.mortiseandtenonmag.com/pages/grant
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