[MassHistPres] Iron fences

Mon Oct 29 14:27:20 EDT 2007

Harvard University, within the past few years, completed restored all of the 
19th c. iron fences & gates around Harvard Yard.  You might ask them about 
the process they used.

John Worden
Arlington HDC

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>   1. Preservation of Historic Buildings for Use as Affordable and
>      Workforce Housing (Norman Pacun)
>   2. Special Fund for Historic Home Preservation (David  DeGhetto)
>   3. LAST CALL for Barn Conference Nov. 3rd, in Sandwich
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>   4. Cast Iron Restoration (Jonathan Feist)
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> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:46:45 -0400
> From: "Norman Pacun" <clamknife at comcast.net>
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Preservation of Historic Buildings for Use as
> Affordable and Workforce Housing
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> 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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> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:45:17 -0700
> From: "David  DeGhetto" <deghetto at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Special Fund for Historic Home Preservation
> To: <MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu>
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> Here in Norwell, we have the Stetson-Ford House, which is listed on the
> National Historic Register and managed by the Norwell Historic Commission.
> For a number of years, the home has been rented, with the collected rents
> going into the town General Fund.   It is my understanding that this the
> only permissible way for rents to be handled.
>
> This makes it very difficult to find enough money for necessary repairs
> because we have to get the approval of several levels of town government
> before going to Town Meeting for final approvals, not only for the regular
> projected budget, but for any additional funds.  And, sometimes there are
> urgent needs, which should not wait for resolution on an annual basis.
>
> Is there a (legitimate) way to set up a dedicated fund that will allow for
> the accumulation of rents, and possibly donations, to be used only for 
> this
> historic site?
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> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:58:59 EDT
> From: ElsaFitzgerald at aol.com
> Subject: [MassHistPres] LAST CALL for Barn Conference Nov. 3rd, in
> Sandwich
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> Don?t Forget  to Register
>
> PRESERVE MASS  BARNS!
>
> 2007 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
> At The Heritage Museums &  Gardens
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>
> Boston, MA ? October 18,  2007 - The Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task
> Force is holding their 4th ?  Preserve Mass Barns! ? Annual  Conference. 
> Hosted
> in their replica  round stone Shaker barn at the Heritage Museums & 
> Gardens
> in Sandwich, MA,
> anyone interested in historic preservation should attend this important
> event on
> Saturday, November 3, 2007, from 9AM  to 4:30PM.
> ?We are  delighted the Cape Cod Commission and the Cape  Cod Cranberry 
> Growers
> ? Association will be joining the Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task 
> Force
> as
> co-sponsors.?  says  Charles McColough, Chairman.  ?A special thank you to
> Underwriters Beaton Cranberries, Inc., Decas Cranberry  Products, Inc., 
> A.D.
> Makepeace Company, Williams & Alger, Inc. and R.D.  Williams Sawmill. 
> Their
> generous support is helping to make this year?s event possible and 
> enabling the
> Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task Force to offer this valuable  ? Back 
> to
> Basics ? program at a  reasonable fee.?
> The Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task Force has assembled a roster  of
> acclaimed professionals to share their knowledge, experiences and 
> expertise  in
> this ? Back to Basics ?  program.  ?Members of the building  trades,
> architects, engineers, barn owners, preservationists, and anyone in need 
> of
> information on barn repair and timber frame construction and / or is 
> interested in
> historic preservation will value topics including: The Whys and Wherefores 
> of Barn
> Roof  Repairs:  Technical Information on  Roof Preservation and
> Rehabilitation with Robert Adam, Preservation Carpentry, North  Bennet 
> Street School; How
> to Love and Care for Your Old Barn:  Do-it-Yourself Repairs and 
> Maintenance
> Plans with Richard Potter, Potter  Homebuilders; Cranberry Screenhouses ? 
> ?Then
> and Now? with Malcolm Phinney, ?Retired  Enthusiast?; Do You Know Your
> Scribe Rule from Your Square Rule?  The History of New England Barn 
> Construction
> with William B. Finch, Finch and Rose,  Preservation & Design Consultants; 
> No
> Longer in the Background:  Barns and Outbuildings in Today?s  Historic
> Properties Surveys with Anne Forbes, Historic Preservation  Consultant and 
> Christopher
> Skelly,
> Director of Local  Government Programs, Massachusetts Historical 
> Commission,
> says  Charles McColough,  Chairman.
> McColough  also noted, ?We?ve had numerous requests for a conference in 
> the
> Southeast  Region. The program addresses these requests and reinforces the
> basic topics of  preserving barns, carriage houses, cranberry 
> screenhouses, and
> outbuildings.?
> Don?t miss  out on what promises to be an interesting and educational
> experience.  To register and for complete details  visit the Preservation 
> Mass Barn
> Resource Center at _www.preservemassbarns.org_
> (http://www.preservationmass.org/)   or call Preservation Massachusetts at 
> 617-723-3383.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:15:34 -0400
> From: Jonathan Feist <jfeist at charter.net>
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Cast Iron Restoration
> To: Massachusetts Historical Preservation interests
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> Hello,
>
> There is a proposal afoot to restore the cast iron markers in the Harvard
> Shaker cemetery. The method they want to use is:
>
> ?We will strip all old paint and rust off with a fine silica sand blast.
> Then we will etch the parts with an iron phosphate wash followed by a
> stabilizing outgas to force any impurities out of the metal. We will apply
> 2?4 mils of zinc rich epoxy powdercoat primer followed by 2-4 mils of 
> gloss
> white TGIC polyester powdercoat finish coat.?
>
> Does anyone know whether this approach is considered good preservation
> practice?
>
> --Jonathan
>
>
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> Jonathan Feist, Chair
> Harvard Historical Commission
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> Preserve Historical Harvard, MA:
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>
> New Article: The Habit of Pie
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