Bethlehem Historic Commission to Review Plan to Demolish Home, Put Up Four-Unit Building on Spring Street

Bethlehem’s Historic Conservation Commission will meet Monday to review a plan to demolish a home at 1304 Spring St. and replace it with a four-unit apartment building.

The home is a Queen Anne style residence in the Mount Airy Historic District and built around 1880, according to documents submitted to the city. Those documents contend that the home is not an “exemplary” Queen Anne home and that demolishing it is the best course.

Spillman Farmer Architects estimates that repairing the current building to make it habitable would cost $300,000. The Catholic Diocese of Allentown owns the property, which is near the diocese’s Holy Family Senior Living complex.

The Historic Commission reviews plans, but final decisions are up to Bethlehem City Council. The commission makes recommendations.

Here is the home at the site now:

The Bethlehem Historic Commission will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27 in Town Hall. The meeting will also be broadcast on the Internet.

See the city website for details.

As always, agendas are subject to change.