[MassHistPres] Historic Plaques

[Kristi Chase]

All,

The side discussions have their own merit but aren't helpful to our intern.
We really need some help finding sign-makers who will do comparable signs to
the existing ones.  We did think about changing them to another material and
style but for the sake of consistency of message we would like to do the
same style of blue and black on white, not raised metal.  Our intern,
Katherine is doing a yeoman's job at trying to find someone who will
continue the current program (both the graphic artist and the maker are no
longer in business), and the general consensus is to not confuse the issue
with a different style house plaque.  We already have non-LHD owners who are
putting up their own!

Does anyone have experience with a company who will do enamel on metal
plaques at reasonable price?

Kristi Chase
Preservation Planner
Somerville

-----Original Message-----
From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu]On Behalf Of Deborah Bier, PhD
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:12 PM
To: Massachusetts Historical Preservation interests
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Historic Plaques


At 9:05 PM -0500 3/30/06, Jonathan Feist wrote:
>I live in a fairly odd place: Harvard Shaker Village. It's a small,
isolated
>area, and everyone here has extensive knowledge of and appreciation for
>their house. Seriously, most people have lived here between 30 and 50 years
>(some longer), and a couple have had the houses in their families for
>generations. So, there's a culture here about being understated.

Fascinating!  Yes, you might therefore have an entirely different
awareness from the norm.

>Several neighbors have had the experience of strangers demanding to be let
>in, convinced that the houses were museums open to the public. There are
>constantly people walking by, staring.
>

Actually, we have one person who applied for a sign for a similar
reason. The house is so unusual and in the center of town, the
homeowner was tired of people knocking on the door asking about the
house's history.

I'm not sure that a sign with the name of the builder and date it was
built will do the trick, but I've not had a chance to get a report on
the effectiveness of this plan. (Maybe a very large dog would work
better....)

best,
Debbie
Concord HC

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