From Dave Brigham:
This photo of a former Marine officer barracks in Brighton, Mass., isn't great, but the building itself, along with one other on the site at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Warren Street, will serve a good purpose: to house low- and middle-income military veterans.
The Brighton Marine Health Center is now part of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, but I assume it was run by the military at some point. I believe the buildings on site date to World War II.
The health center established a partnership with WinnCompanies several years ago to build apartments for vets. After gaining approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the project hit a snag when Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin objected to the plan to tear down all four barracks, in his role as head of the state's historic commission. Long story, short: everybody involved arrived at a compromise of keeping two of the barracks, which once housed officers and doctors (since I took these photos, the other two barracks have been torn down). Nice to see these buildings which, while they aren't historically significant, are solid reminders of the Greatest Generation, will be saved.
For a peek at what the finished development will look like, go here.
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