[MassHistPres] FINAL CALL for FREE Survey Workshop, Greenfield, April 30th, 4:30 to 6:30

[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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