The Haverhill City Council has given new life to a former Bradford funeral home.
The property at 52 Salem St. was, until recently, the location of the Bradford Grondin-Carnevale Funeral Home. Last December, it was purchased for $400,000 by Mazraany Construction of Salem, N.H., with plans to convert the 100-year-old building into three residential condominiums.
Mazraany’s representative, attorney Robert Harb, explained the company’s plan.
“We’re asking you for permission to convert the existing home into two units and take the garage in the rear of the existing home and convert that to make a third unit. The applicant wishes to preserve this home and it fits right in the neighborhood,” he said.
Haverhill City Hall. (WHAV News file photograph.)
A former Bradford funeral home with a storied history is slated to become three condominiums if the City Council consents tonight.
Councilors are being asked to approve a special permit to renovate what had been until recently the Bradford Grondin-Carnevale Funeral Home at 52 Salem St. Mazraany Construction of Salem, N.H., proposes to convert the existing home into two units and the garage into a third, all to be sold as condominiums. The company, represented before the City Council by attorney Robert Harb, purchased the property in December for $400,000.
The property served as the Bradford location of C. Frank Linnehan and Son Funeral Home from 1984 to 2009. Previously, Noonan Funeral Home was operated there by Margaret R. Noonan. In a letter to councilors, Harb said the home was originally built in 1920 and requires no variances and has adequate off-street parking spaces.