[MassHistPres] Preservation of Historic Buildings for Use asAffordable and Workforce Housing

[Marcia Starkey]

The Greenfield Housing Authority, in addition to a number of more 
traditional building projects, owns several historic houses and is currently 
working on a Main Street 4 story mixed use building to upgrade a SRO with a 
preservation consultant on board. These buildings are well maintained. Both 
commercial and residential condos use large National Register houses on East 
Main Street and elsewhere in town.

Marcia Starkey, Greenfield HC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norman Pacun" <clamknife at comcast.net>
To: <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:46 AM
Subject: [MassHistPres] Preservation of Historic Buildings for Use 
asAffordable and Workforce Housing


> Can anyone let us know if you or your town has had experience in using, 
> renovating or converting
> a historic building into a single family home or condominiums? We know 
> that this is commonly done in
> Boston and other large cities, but do you know of any smaller towns that 
> have tried this? It seems that
> it should be an obvious solution in towns which do not have sufficient 
> affordable or workforce housing yet,
> at the same time, are losing historic buildings and residences to 
> demolition and teardown.
>
> Norman Pacun/Carol Pacun
> 14 Sunset Lane
> Chatham, MA
> 508 945 1627
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