[MassHistPres] Interior Preservation

[GRETCHEN SCHULER]

The Wayland Historical Society holds a preservation restriction in the form
of a deed restriction, on the exterior and certain aspects of the interior
of the oldest house in town.  The difficulty now is finding an organization
to hold restrictions without a fairly hefty fee - which many historical
societies are asking in order to be prepared should the restriction be
challenged or need enforcing.  There was no fee for the instance noted
above.  Our historical society has investigated the way in which some others
such as North Andover operation - requiring a $15,000+ fee to hold the
restriction.  This is probably the situation that Paul is referring to.

I see that Shantia mentions the Ipswich properties which I believe are in
the form of preservation restrictions as well and have been on the books for
decades.

Gretchen Schuler

The restriction is definite about which interior features can be changed
after photographic documentation and which features cannot be changed under
any circumstances.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Marcavitch" <acornhp at yahoo.com>
To: <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Interior Preservation


> Paul
>
> I suppose I am confused by the statement that you cannot afford a
preservation restriction.  Is it
> because of the cost of a lawyer to prepare it?  Is it because of the group
that would take it is
> asking for money?  Your local historical commission can hold these types
of restrictions.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
> --- "Bourdon, Paul" <Paul.Bourdon at GTC-BIO.COM> wrote:
>
> > We are selling (trying) our ca.1719 house in Southborough as part of our
effort to save a ca.
> > 1813 tavern which we dismantled last winter and were able to save 22
interior wall sections
> > which included original stencilling. Our current house has original
whitewash on both horzontal
> > and vertical feather-edge panel and ceilings. We are placing a deed
restriction on the house (if
> > we ever sell it) because we can not afford the preservation restriction.
Is it possible to place
> > a deed restriction on an interior and how would it work?
> > Paul Bourdon
> > Southborough
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu on behalf of Roger Reed
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:08 AM
> > > To: Aaron Marcavitch
> > > Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> > > Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Interior Preservation
> > >
> > > Aaron,
> > >
> > > I just wanted you to know I share your concern about loss of interior
> > > spaces.  We see plenty of gut rehabs, but generally outside the local
> > > historic districts where much of the exterior is lost as well.  It
might
> > > be an interesting question if one could figure out if an LHD protects
> > > interiors indirectly insofar as most people who want gut rehab will
look
> > > elsewhere for a house.  I suppose thats just wishful thinking.  Of
course
> > > on Nantucket, where the whole island is a district, that option does
not
> > > exist.
> > >
> > > Roger Reed
> > >
> > >
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