[MassHistPres] FYI

[Jodi Purdy-Quinlan]

Thank you Marcia, this sounds like a wonderful resource.  We are about to 
embark on such a move here in Weymouth.  We are hoping to move a house in 
the near future that we believe dates back to between 1650 and 1700.  We are 
still investigating, but we believe the foundation and cellar, complete with 
huge beehive oven date back to before King Phillip's War.  It is located in 
an area where several structures were burned down during that conflict.  We 
think it was rebuilt with the current structure in 1693.  It is a shame it 
has to be moved, but it is a better alternative than demo.

Thanks again.

Jodi Purdy-Quinlan
Vice Chairman
Weymouth Historical Commission
75 Middle Street
Weymouth, MA 02189
purdyquinlan at comcast.net
www.weymouth.ma.us
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcia Starkey" <mdstarkey at crocker.com>
To: "MassHistPres" <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 8:42 AM
Subject: [MassHistPres] FYI


> Hello, Preservation organizations involved in facilitating moves for 
> buildings headed for demolition will be interested in a new book from 
> AltaMira Press in the AASLH History Book Series: Moving A House With 
> Preservation In Mind by structural engineer Peter Paravalos. The press is 
> at www.altamirapress.com or 1-800-462-6420. Its history and detailed 
> practice information as well as case studies that include the Joshua 
> Wentworth House at Strawbery Banke, should help avoid unnecessary losses 
> to moved buildings and bolster the chances for detailed moving agreements 
> in demolition delay cases. Marcia Starkey, Greenfield HC
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