[MassHistPres] resident caretakers

[Dennis De Witt]

Brookline has various town owned buildings with various types of  
tenants occupying them: a fire station occupied by an arts center; a  
huge carriage house occupied by the Larz Anderson motor museum; a  
large house occupied by a music school; a reasonably substantial gate- 
house occupied by a tenant who put a lot of much needed work into it  
in exchange for a longer term lease; two houses occupied by non- 
profits, one residential and one used for office (I believe); two  
houses occupied under curatorial arrangements.  Five of these  
structures are in Larz Anderson park.  Two of the houses are on the  
grounds of elementary schools.  Some I think involve cash rent but  
most involve maintenance agreements and/or in kind services.

Dennis


On Apr 17, 2009, at 2:00 PM, wwheelwright at juno.com wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with a town-owned historic property where
> resident caretakers live in it rent-free in exchange for specified  
> work?
> Sherborn has a Purchase and Sale agreement on a house in the Local
> Historic District that is next to Town Hall and there are two  
> articles on
> the Town Meeting warrant, one attempting to remove the property from  
> the
> district and one authorizing the Selectmen to sell the buildings for
> removal. The Selectmen want both things to happen as they only want  
> the
> land abutting Town Hall. Historical Commission and Historic District
> Commission have suggested alternatives but it would be helpful to have
> some detail.
> Thanks.
> Susie Wheelwright
> Sherborn Historical Commission
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