3. REPORT, Committee on Appointments & Briefings, recommending to the City Council to Grant the DEMOLITION of 24 N FRONT STREET (Map 79/Lots 2 & 4) Buildings 4, 12, 19, western part of 2, formally known as Revere Copper site. 

3a. COMMUNICATION/DEMOLITION, New Bedford Historical Commission, to City Council,  re: BUILDING DEMOLITION REVIEW – 24 N FRONT STREET (Map 79/Lots 2 & 4) Buildings 4, 12, 19, western part of 2; a historic resources survey, funded through a grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission found the property at 24 N Front Street, known as the former Revere Copper site, to be eligible as a National Register District; the property is significant as the largest copper manufacturing facility in New Bedford during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and as a relatively unaltered example of a large-scale, mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century manufacturing complex; the property is significant because of its association with the Paul Revere Copper Company (founded in 1801 in Canton, MA) and Paul Revere’s great-grandson Edward H.R. Revere (1867-1957), who became general manager in 1920 and lent his surname to the present company name in 1929; the existing buildings are in fair to poor condition and the current configuration of the buildings on the site does not lend itself to the operations of a water-dependent facility; the waterfront site has the potential to be a valuable port facility and the redevelopment of the site will mitigate site environmental hazards, have positive impacts on local employment and the commercial tax base, as well as help catalyze other economic investments in the adjacent Hicks Logan and Wamsutta Mills districts, “in light of these findings, the New Bedford Historical Commission has determined that Buildings 4, 12, 19 and western part of 2, located at 24 N Front Street are Historically Significant but are not Preferably Preserved Historic Buildings.” (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings – May 12, 2022.)