[MassHistPres] Stone Walls and Demo Delay

[Dcolebslade at aol.com]

Hear!  Hear!
 
Betty Slade
Westport
 
 
In a message dated 12/11/2009 4:45:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sudburyhist01776 at verizon.net writes:

I cry for your town's loss ! New England weeps for another insult  to its 
heritage. 
Lee Swanson-Curator-Sudbury Historical Society

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _jack mac donald_ (mailto:ospreydesign at verizon.net)  
To: _MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu_ (mailto:MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu)  
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:25  PM
Subject: [MassHistPres] Stone Walls and  Demo Delay



To Any Historic Stone Wall People, 
A homeowner in historic Bourne Village demolished  approximately 150 feet 
of an 8 foot high cut and feather wedged granite  retaining wall built in the 
1870’s.  Of course he’s now building his 3  bay trophy garage.  We have a 
Demo Delay bylaw that I encompasses “an  entire historic (75 years old or 
older) building or structure.”  His  permit sailed through Town Hall without 
being flagged for demo delay and of  course this significant historical 
feature is fill somewhere.  The  Historic Commission can only revise the language 
in the bylaw for future  acts like this.  His neighbors are furious.  He 
did not demolish a  house but that wall in my mind was a significant feature 
of the  neighborhood. 
Any suggestions?  What can I do?  His permit  application did not mention 
the demolition of this wall so in defense of our  Inspector  (that’s a 1st !) 
he was unaware of this  homeowner’s intentions. 
Jack Mac Donald 
Osprey Design Inc  
Restorations 
508 317-8469 

 
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