[MassHistPres] House Signs

[Mike Volmar]

Just curious.  What are the criteria Boxborough uses to determine which 
houses in town gets a sign?

Alan Rohwer wrote:

>The Boxborough Historical Commission has been buying signs for the 
>oldest houses in Town. We started with the "house tour" houses from a 
>Society house tour four years ago and have been slowly adding more 
>houses each year from the Town-wide inventory (mostly by age order). We 
>have a lady who coordinates this, inquires whether the owner would 
>welcome such a sign (usually a "yes") and then orders the sign. We have 
>a man in Maine who paints the signs for us in a standard style. Many of 
>these signs replace those placed by the Historical Society some thirty 
>years ago. We think such signs are a fine thing and I will get the name 
>of our sign painter guy, which I will post on a future date.
>
>    - Alan Rohwer, Boxborough Historical Commission
>
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-- 
Dr. Mike Volmar
Curator

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