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245772
42 Milk Street NEWBURYPORT, MA 01950
1.21
42.80598028693626 / -70.86490223690164
6
Lombard, Christine
Lombard.Chris@epa.gov
617-918-1305


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Merrimack Valley Planning CommissionBF96109001MABCRLF2009


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Is Cleanup Necessary?
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Contaminants and Media




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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
01/06/2021$4,500.00Merrimack Valley Planning CommissionNo


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: U
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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 1.21
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 0
EPA Cleanup Funding: $4,500.00
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Total Funding: $4,500.00


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Additional Property Attributes

The 1.21-acre Site is situated within the residentially zoned area of the City. The land consists of two separate lots (Lot 26 and Lot 3). Lot 26 is improved with one approximate 37,000-square foot Site building, known as the Brown Elementary School, a paved parking area, a paved recess area, and a play area. Lot 3 is improved with a paved basktball court and is part of the recess area. The Site is accessed from Milk Street to the north, Lime Street to the west, and Prospect Street to the south.

The Brown School Site building comprises a school with two additions. The northern portion of the Site building consists of the original 1923 U-shaped building and a 1978 addition, which infilled the courtyard of the original building to create a rectangle. The first floor consists of mostly administrative spaces, a kitchen, and the art rooms. The second and third floors consist of classrooms. The southern portion of the Site building consists of the original 1923 boiler room and a circa 1961 gymnasium addition. The Site building is currently occupied by Newburyport City Youth Services on the first floor while the second and third floors are no longer in use.

Historical records reviewed during this Phase I ESA indicated that by 1890 both Site parcels were developed as part of a residential neighborhood with multiple dwellings. On Lot 3, a hot house had been constructed. In the early 1900s, the hot house was removed, and a duplex was built in its place. In 1922, the City of Newburyport seized the dwellings on Lot 26 through eminent domain, and they were torn down. In 1923, the George W. Brown Elementary School was constructed. The original building was an elongated U-shape with the boiler room extending off the back. By 1961, the gymnasium complex was added southwest of the original building. By 1978, a second addition was constructed at the front of the school, which infilled the open space at the front of the Site building. By this time, the duplex dwelling on Lot 3 had been acquired by the City and torn down. Eventually Lot 3 was paved over, and a basketball court was installed for use by children at recess. The Site has stayed in this configuration through to the present day.
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