Community Corner
Group Lays Out Potential Plan for Saving Nimrod Building
SaveTheNimrod.org, the local grassroots organization trying to save the former Nimrod Restaurant in Falmouth from being demolished this fall, is weighing the idea of purchasing the property.
The building on Dillingham Avenue is famous for having taken a cannonball shot from the British warship HMS Nimrod on Jan. 14, 1814, and is set to be demolished unless enough funds are obtained to buy the property.
The former restaurant now comprises two homes, the 1750 Bourne house and the 1799 Lewis house, as well as other structures that were later added to the site for restaurant use, SavetheNimrod.org officials said in an announcement Thursday.
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The houses were moved to the site in 1920 from Main Street at the head of Shore Street, where the smaller of the two, the Bourne house, was struck by the cannon ball, according to the group, which is focused on saving those two buildings.
While the group continues to explore the option of moving the two houses, it has posed a simpler solution of raising $700,000 to buy the property before the developer closes on it in mid-September.
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"The developer will step aside if those funds can be amassed," SavetheNimrod.org officials said in a statement.
The group held a meeting this week that featured a talk by local model boat maker Alan Lunn. Attendees at the meeting were asked to offer financial support and volunteer to work on specific teams for saving the building. The teams focus on fund development, community outreach, public relations, land acquisition and usage options.
Residents interested in contributing money or volunteering should visit SavetheNimrod.org.
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