A Tale of Two Buildings

by Glenn C. Koenig, Webmaster at Town Wide Mall

Maynard, MA - After a few years delay, residents of the town are about to see real progress on two buildings owned by the town that were left empty, once their previous uses ended.  One is the Fire Station at 1 Summer Street and the other is the old Fowler Middle School building at 61-63 Summer street, most recently known as the home of ArtSpace.
Going in address order, I'll cover the building at 1 Summer Street, first.

1 Summer Street

The Fire Station at 1 Summer Street had served the town since it was opened as a combined Fire and Police Station in 1955, according Maynard Historical Society Archives.  In 2015, 60 years later, plans were begun to build a new station to replace the existing one, as the needs of the fire department had long since outgrown the space.  New larger fire trucks could not even fit into the building, necessitating the construction of a temporary shed to one side of the original bays.

Construction on the new building, at 30 Sudbury Street, commenced in 2021.  In November 2022, the department officially moved into the new building, leaving the 1 Summer Street facility vacant.

(THIS STORY IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.)