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have."<br />
Kilgore said the home was on the<br />
demolition delay bylaw list and demolition<br />
could have been delayed for up to two years.<br />
"That certainly worked in our favor and we<br />
could have stalled the process," Kilgore said.<br />
"The fact that the developer wanted to take<br />
advantage of the hot real estate market and he<br />
didn't want to risk a downward change in the<br />
market also was a huge factor. At that point<br />
(fellow commission member) Steve Todisco<br />
stepped up and started talking about trying<br />
to work out a way to save the barn, so he was<br />
the one who pushed it initially."<br />
Kilgore said she thought the barn was older<br />
than the house based on the architecture.<br />
"Normally with a house from the 1800s you<br />
would see a carriage house, not a full workingfarm<br />
barn," she said.<br />
Mansfield said he drove by the property and<br />
saw the equipment and new cement foundation were<br />
already in place. "It was actually very cool," he said,<br />
adding that to the best of his knowledge, Palmer intends to<br />
restore the barn, which is what Kilgore is hoping for.<br />
"I've been in that barn and house so many times and for<br />
me they will also be special. The Bakers were a wonderful<br />
Lynnfield family and the home was a wonderful Lynnfield<br />
property. I'm hoping he'll (Palmer) will restore the house<br />
with flowers just as it probably looked in the 1800s." 40<br />
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