Thomas Clark House

The nearly three-year effort to preserve the historic Thomas Clark house on Common Street in Belmont came to an unfortunate end on August 21, 2014 when the structure was demolished. The house, which had been built in 1760 and occupied continuously until recent years, was purchased by a developer who planned to raze it and build two new homes on the land. A campaign to save the house was launched in 2011, and on February 18, 2012 the house was moved from its original site to a temporary location on town-owned land on Concord Avenue near Belmont High School. All subsequent efforts to find a permanent location for the house and an organization to restore it and maintain it failed. Consequently, the building had to be demolished after some historic items were removed. You can watch a six-minute video of the demolition process courtesy of the Belmont Media Center.