[MassHistPres] Signs as protection for historic resources

[Dcolebslade at aol.com]

We have placed large granite stones with the number assigned by the  MHC on 
the stone at each cemetery we have found in Westport (or inscribed them  on a 
stone wall).  Many of these are on undeveloped land away from the eye  of the 
public in woods or fields.  We think these "signs" serve to protect  the 
cemetery in that "developers" know that the town knows a cemetery is  there.  We 
also have put this information on the planning board's computers  and on the GIS. 
 So if the cemetery "disappears" the developer is certainly  in more trouble 
than he would have been otherwise.  We did not use normal  signage because 
people would have balked at having such a sign on their property  especially if 
they could see it.  Also it is hard to "break" the large  stone or carry it 
away!
 
I personally have not seen any studies done on the protective  aspect of 
signage.
 
Betty Slade
Westport
 
 
In a message dated 2/23/2009 4:02:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
TuckerJ at amherstma.gov writes:

 
Is anyone aware of  any studies, academic or professional, that demonstrate 
the ‘protective’  impact that historic identification and interpretive signs 
provide for  historic sites, buildings, and resources?  Not anecdotal 
information or  presumptive intuition (we can do those ourselves), but actual emperical 
 studies. 
Or any good ideas  on where to look for same? 
Jonathan  Tucker 
Planning  Director 
Town Hall,  4 Boltwood Ave. 
Amherst,  MA   01002 
(413)  259-3040 
(413) 259-2410  [fax] 
_tuckerj at amherstma.gov_ (mailto:tuckerj at amherstma.gov)      



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