The Tiverton Conservation Commission has sent a letter of objection to CRMC Executive Director Grover Fugate. All that is now required is approval for demolition from the Coastal Resource Management Council. Tiverton has no Historic District zoning protection for the property, and lacks authority to stop the demolition of the structures. Unfortunately, the coalition could not secure adequate funding and its bid was rejected. The Tiverton Open Space and Conservation Commission, the Tiverton Land Trust, and the Nanaquaket neighborhood tried to gather support for buying the historic site for town use. Holy Union abandoned the property as a convent in 2005. Karam for the 16-acre Tiverton property that fronts Nanaquaket Road and the Sakonnet and Quaket rivers. The Holy Union Sisters, of Milton, Massachusetts, have signed a purchase agreement with local developer James J. A CRMC permit hearing is scheduled for September on the proposal. The owers of an iconic Tiverton historic landmark have applied for a demolition permit to raze the 1872 Nathanial Church mansion, a 12-room, Second Empire house, whose distinctive mansard roof and cupola have been part of the Town's cultural landscape for generations. Tiverton's 1872 Nathanial Church mansion threatened by Demolition
