[MassHistPres] house with preservation restriction destroyed by fire

[Tristram Metcalfe 3]

Why wouldn't the LHD restriction still apply just the same under the  
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic  
Properties guidelines for; "Reconstruction" in cases of total loss as  
it would in lesser loss cases under Preservation, Rehabilitating, &  
Restoring Historic Buildings?
Tris Metcalfe
Northampton Ma

On Aug 3, 2010, at 4:31 PM, james hadley wrote:

> Dick Cavett's house burned to the ground in Montauk, NY. It was  
> part of a National Register Historic District consisting of 7  
> houses designed by McKim, Mead and White in the 1880's, (a  
> clubhouse building that was part of the group burned some years  
> ago.) It had the usual NRHD constraints on modifications, but after  
> it burned there were no restrictions on a replacement. The Cavetts  
> were determined to duplicate it (and we managed to do so for them.)  
> The decision was not universally supported however. Many thought a  
> replica to be inauthentic (and indeed it was, because it wasn't the  
> original, and contemporary materials and methods were used in the  
> framing, hidden from view.)
> Nevertheless I am constantly rewarded by the memory of the  
> unbridled happiness of Ms.Cavett after moving back into that house,  
> and Mr. Cavett remains very much at peace and at home there today.  
> The project received a NY State preservation award.
> Equally important, the values of the other houses in the district  
> increased substantially after the reconstruction, and awareness of  
> the district helped generate new ownership and subsequent  
> preservation work on the two houses in the district that were in  
> the worst condition. I do not believe that this would have happened  
> had the replacement been a contemporary house.
> James Hadley
> Orleans, MA
>
> > From: djd184 at verizon.net
> > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:28:50 -0400
> > To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> > Subject: [MassHistPres] house with preservation restriction  
> destroyed by fire
> >
> > Can anyone cite an example of non-LHD building that had a  
> preservation restriction on it that was destroyed by fire (or by  
> any other non-deliberate cause)?
> >
> > What happened after the fire re the restriction?
> >
> > Dennis De Witt
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