[MassHistPres] Local Land Trusts Protecting Land and Buildings

[James Hadley]

our town (Orleans) wrestled with this problem and with a ConsCom that had 
zero interest in preservation and no understanding of the cultural 
landscape. Finally after one of the condemned properties appeared on 
PreservationMASS list of the 10 most endangered sites in the Commonwealth 
the responsibility for all future conservation properties with historic 
structures was split between the HisCom and the ConsCom, each attending to 
the separate aspects pertaining to their expertise and focus.
Jim Hadley Chair Orleans HisCom.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Marcavitch" <acornhp at yahoo.com>
To: "Chris Skelly" <Skelly-MHC at comcast.net>; <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Local Land Trusts Protecting Land and Buildings


> Chris,
>
> I remember a Rhode Island Historic Preservation Conference had someone 
> from the three corners area
> who was dealing with this issue.  I talked with her about it and their 
> interest in saving the
> building.  Also, at the last conference by MHC there was a discussion of 
> another site in the
> session about municiapl landscapes.
>
> Perhaps you knew about them.  We out here have a historic house (1840s) on 
> Land Bank land.
> However, the project to restore it has not started yet.  The Land Bank 
> will put out the project
> for an RFP for ideas on converting the building into something like 
> afffordable housing or
> offices.  The Land Bank has a few of these types of places - which they 
> alternately want to tear
> down or move.  The HDC finally put its foot down with a recent barn/house. 
> The Land Bank
> continuously says that the money they have cannot be used for buidling 
> restoration.  (But they did
> build a golf club....)
>
> Aaron
>
> --- Chris Skelly <Skelly-MHC at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Good Morning, I would like to hear experiences with local land trusts in
>> Massachusetts regarding protecting both land and historically
>> significant buildings found on the property.    Chris.
>>
>> Christopher C. Skelly
>> Director of Local Government Programs
>> Massachusetts Historical Commission
>> ******************************
>> For administrative questions regarding this list, please contact 
>> Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us
>> directly.  PLEASE DO NOT "REPLY" TO THE WHOLE LIST.
>> MassHistPres mailing list
>> MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu
>> http://mailman.cs.umb.edu/mailman/listinfo/masshistpres
>> ********************************
>>
>
>
> --------
> http://www.marcavitch.com
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate
> in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.
> http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
> ******************************
> For administrative questions regarding this list, please contact 
> Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us directly.  PLEASE DO NOT "REPLY" TO THE 
> WHOLE LIST.
> MassHistPres mailing list
> MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu
> http://mailman.cs.umb.edu/mailman/listinfo/masshistpres
> ********************************
>