[MassHistPres] FREE P201 Survey Workshop, Greenfield, April 30th, 4:30-6:30 PM

[ElsaFitzgerald at aol.com]

APRIL  30, 2008: PRESERVATION 201  

FREE Workshop on  MHC Historic Property Inventory Forms 

Presented by  
Preservation Massachusetts 

in collaboration  with the 
Massachusetts Historical  Commission  

Wednesday,  April 30, 2008, 4:30 to 6:30 PM. 
The meeting room at Greenfield  Community College Downtown Center, 270 Main 
Street, Greenfield.  

Preservation  Massachusetts, a statewide non-profit  organization that 
actively promotes the preservation of historic  buildings 
and  landscapes as a positive force for economic development, tourism and the 
 retention of community character,  
will  lead a preservation workshop for the Greenfield area community.   
The  workshop is intended to inform attendees about how to complete MHC 
Historic  
Property Inventory Forms. Local historical commission and historic  district 
members, planners, historians, members of municipal and non  profit 
organizations, 
and interested public from Greenfield and surrounding  communities are 
encouraged to attend.   
The  workshop is free and everyone is welcome. 
For  planning purposes, please RSVP to Elsa Fitzgerald at  
elsafitzgerald at aol.com  or  978-979-9707   

The community-wide  survey is a preservation planning and research tool. 
Completing  a comprehensive inventory represents a town’s historical 
development 
by  being chronologically and geographically comprehensive, and reflecting a  
full range of historic resource types within a community. Preservation  201 
will 
assist you to  meet those goals and include topics such as  organizing a 
survey project and  identifying local survey priorities,  developing historic 
contexts, use of  architectural terms in drafting  property descriptions, and 
completing historic  property inventory  forms, with a focus on Form 
B-Building. 

Preservation Massachusetts, formally known as Historic  Massachusetts, Inc., 
was established in 1985 by citizens concerned with  strengthening advocacy 
for our state’s valuable historic resources, our  neighborhoods, buildings 
and 
landscapes. Today, Preservation  Massachusetts works in partnership with 
national,  
state and local preservation  organizations and individuals across the 
Commonwealth 
to preserve our  heritage. Preservation 201 was developed by the Historic  
Districts/Historical Commissions Committee of Preservation  Massachusetts. 
The 
committee is composed of historic  preservation professionals working at the 
state and local level, and  volunteers its time and experience to help inform 
local preservation  groups about the many preservation resources and 
preservation 
planning  practices in the state. 

The Massachusetts  Historical Commission (MHC) is a state agency within the 
office of  William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth. The mission 
of  MHC is to identify, evaluate and protect the historic and archaeological  
resources of the Commonwealth. Among its responsibilities, the MHC  oversees 
the National Register Program, preservation planning programs  including 
survey 
and local government programs, federal and state  review and compliance, and 
federal and state grant programs.     
Directions  to the Greenfield  Community College Downtown Center 
from  the north, south or west:  
From the I-91  exit to Route 2/2A traffic circle. Follow Rte 2A east 
(Downtown signs) to  Main  Street (approximately 2 miles). The GCC Downtown  Center is 
next (corner) building  on the left beyond Wilson’s Dept. Store.  
Directions  from the east via Rte 2: 
exit  at Rte 5/10 and turn left to Rte 5/10. Proceed about 3 miles  south to 
Main  Street. Turn right (west) onto Main and the  Downtown  Center is at the 
end  of the first block (corner of Main & Davis Streets) on the right  (north) 
side.  
To  reach Davis  Street from Main or Federal, take Ames  Street: the first 
west side street off Federal  and north of Main.     
Go  one block. The rear entrance to the Downtown Center is on the left before 
Davis. 
Parking is  on Main  Street (free after 5), around the Common, behind  the 
brick Town Hall facing the Common and behind the Downtown Center and Wilson's on 
 Davis  Street.  



Elsa N.  Fitzgerald
Special Projects Manager
Preservation Massachusetts
45  School Street
Boston, MA  02108
978-979-9707
elsafitzgerald at aol.com




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