A fire broke out Wednesday at a multifamily building on Stockbridge Road in Great Barrington that formerly housed the Wonderful Things gift shop. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
GREAT BARRINGTON â Health officials Thursday condemned a Stockbridge Road building with a history of unsafe living conditions that were worsened by a fire this week, and the property owners told them they are selling to a buyer who plans to demolish it.
At its regular meeting the Board of Health voted unanimously to condemn the multi-unit building that once housed the store, Wonderful Things, on its lower level, and four units upstairs. Town Health Agent Rebecca Jurczyk had recommended the board condemn it after learning from fire officials that damage from a blaze Wednesday night rendered the building even more uninhabitable, and that the cockroach infestation persisted.
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The Great Barrington Board of Health has struggled since 2017 to force the owner of apartments in this Stockbridge Road building â shown here in 2017 â to bring the property up to safety code. The board is discussing further legal strategy. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
GREAT BARRINGTON â Town officials might, again, take the owner of roach-infested, ramshackle apartments to court in their long effort to make the units safe.
And they might condemn some or all of the apartments.
After a brief public hearing Thursday about the most recent correction order for 232 Stockbridge Road LLC, the townâs Board of Health â short one member â went into a private session to discuss a new legal strategy.