Mos seafood and chowder otter rock11/10/2023 The building is loaded with products, made with asbestos which is an environmental health risk. When we purchased the property it was in the process of being condemned by the City of Newport and the fire department has issued a report that it will not enter the building if it catches fire which endangers the entire bayfront. The walls and existing support beams above on the first and second floors are rotted as well which prohibits us from lifting the building to put a foundation under the building. The wall studs have been soaking in water for decades causing rot to the point of almost a total disintegration of the first-floor support structure (see video). The issues with the building are vast, but the most concerning is that it has no foundation. After structural engineers did a study on the building it was determined that restoring the building would be a significant challenge at a great financial cost. We purchased the building with the hopes of restoring it to its former glory. Unfortunately, neither family, understandably due to considerable costs, was able to give the building the maintenance it required. Romaines, who put the building on the historic register, and the subsequent owners, the Weltons. Mo and Cindy were great friends with the St. ![]() If buildings are not maintained they sadly fall apart. Our own building is over 100 years old, but the difference between the two is tender loving care. Nobody is more discouraged than we are about needing to take down this historic building. Let me first say, no family has been on this bayfront continually as long as the Mo's family and Bayfront history is extremely important to us. Lots of very inaccurate information out there, so let's see if I can answer some concerns. Mo’s has purchased this building and the adjacent building to the East. Public Service Announcement on the 1886 building next to Original Mo’s in Newport. We will continue to keep the community updated on the progress. This all adds up to further evidence that taking the building down is the right move for the safety of our community. ![]() Many unpermitted remodels have taken place on the interior and exterior, therefore, very little of the building is original to its 1886 year. ![]() All available data suggests this connection between the Mo's building and the 1886 building is the primary support to holding the current 1886 building from falling down due to gravity. The picture of the rear of the building, which was added in the 1990s, has been connected to Mo's to stabilize the structure (this is a fact we just learned). The floor joist is covered in black mold on the ends where they connect to the rotted wall studs. In the picture of the floor joist you can see insulation is nonexistent, but loaded with sawdust and wood particles creating a tinder box for potential fires. This is the initial building wound that the City of Newport noticed that created an investigation into the overall integrity of the building. Picture of the tiles shows the West side of the building tiles are loaded with asbestos and studs are rotted. This phenomenon is consistent on both the long sides of the building, to the East and to the West. As you can see in the picture of the exterior bottom of the walls, which are connected directly to the concrete slab, are almost fully rotted out and the rot continues up each stud as they've been saturated with drain water for the last few decades. 29 different products in the building are hot with asbestos. ![]() Update on 1886 Building: Asbestos mitigation work continues and has shed light on many unanswered questions.
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