Five CMED students to live in Saginaw Mansion
Five medical students have the opportunity to live in a Saginaw historic mansion next fall.
The mansion is the birth place of Saginaw's Pit and Balcony Theatre.
Zoning officials in Saginaw will allow five unrelated third or fourth year students to live in an area zoned for single-family homes.
The 4,355-square-foot, seven bedroom, Saginaw mansion is owned by Dick Garber. The business man plans to donate the mansion to St. Mary's Hospital of Michigan in order to ensure its place in Saginaw.
St. Mary's will set up a scholarship with CMED that allows them to host five students in the mansion for the upcoming fall semester. Students eligible for the scholarship must receive their instruction at St. Mary's or Covent Medical center while living at the home.
Neighbors who wanted the house to remain a single-family home signed a petition to stop the plans late last year. The zoning variance comes with conditions approved by residents of the neighborhood.
