St. Joseph’s High School: Classrooms to Bedrooms in the City of Lowell, MA

Amy Frechette and her daughter Elizabeth Frechette

What brought you to the Open House?

My sister-in-law works at CBA and she told me about the event. I came back hoping to run into some old classmates, and to bring back memories of high school.

There are so many buildings in the City of Lowell that are getting torn down, and it’s sad because the city has so much history.  If we are able to save some of those buildings—especially those buildings that have memories for older citizens… and not-so-older citizens!—I think that’s great and it shows the rest of the country just how proud we are of our history.

This particular building has so many generations who came here for school.  Why get rid of something that meant so much to so many members of the community?  If you can save the building by turning it into housing, why not?  This just shows what Lowellians can do to preserve their past.  Preserving the past is what’s important to me.

- Amy Frechette

I came here today because my mom and my aunts went to school here.  It is a part of their history, and Lowell’s.

-Elizabeth Frechette