"A historic former WW II prisoner of war (PoW) camp cafeteria at risk of being demolished has another chance at life. On Monday, Clarington, Ont., municipal council was to determine whether keeping the 100-year-old dilapidated building was worth the significant cost to do so. Instead, councillors walked away from the nearly six-hour discussion by granting the site a second opinion. It was a relief, said Marilyn Morawetz, the chair of the Jury Lands Foundation (JLF), a non-profit that works to preserve the Bowmanville-based site,"
"Prior to the meeting, Morawetz's group was petitioning the council to preserve the nationally designated historical site, known as Camp 30. The site served as a reform school for boys when it first opened in the 1920s. During the Second World War, it was converted to house German PoWs. It closed in 2008 and has been left to deteriorate over time."
The municipal council in Clarington deferred a decision on whether to demolish or preserve a 100-year-old cafeteria from a former WWII prisoner-of-war camp known as Camp 30. The site originally opened as a reform school in the 1920s, was converted to house German PoWs during WWII, and closed in 2008. The cafeteria has been the only municipally owned heritage building on the land since 2022 and has deteriorated. A prior structural assessment estimated $4.5 million to stabilize the building. A heritage-restoration builder, Manorville Homes, told council it could complete stabilization for almost half that cost, prompting a second opinion and additional study.
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