Alfonso Real Estate bought the parcel in February of 2010. The Mendon Board of Health condemned the farmhouse, forcing Norman Cox, the former property owner, to move to a rooming house on Providence Road.
The company has proposed a 16-lot subdivision for the property under the moniker Cox Farm Estates.
The town meeting article would have set aside the parcel for “community and other municipal” purposes.
A separate article on the June 24 warrant aims to give the Community Preservation Commission license to plan a renovation of the farmhouse.
A 2012 Historical Commission review of the 34 George St. lot shows that the farm had been tended to by many prominent figures in Mendon’s history, and is a “crisply rendered” example of Greek Revival architecture.
“Few farmsteads in Mendon, or for that matter, Worcester County, can match this property’s memorable combination of scenic pastures, weathered farm buildings, old stone walls and intact c. 1830 farmhouse,” the report reads.
Bill Shaner can be reached at 508-634-7582 or at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @Bshaner_MDN.