[MassHistPres] Lead Paint Issues

[Harnden Tavern]

Interesting questions!  I'd be interested in hearing those answers as well!

Terry McDermott
Curator
Wilmington Town Museum at the
Col. Joshua Harnden Tavern, c.1770
430 Salem Street
Wilmington, MA  01887
978.658.5475
htavern at town.wilmington.ma.us
http://www.town.wilmington.ma.us/Pages/WilmingtonMA_BComm/Historical/index
 
The Wilmington Historical Commission can also be reached at the above addresses and phone number.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marcia Starkey 
  To: htavern htavern ; masshistpres at cs.umb.edu 
  Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:16 AM
  Subject: RE: [MassHistPres] Lead Paint Issues


  Hello,

   

  I wonder if there is a guide to shutters..when did they come in regionally (Federal?) and do the fixed vanes with inner edge mouldings preceed the moveable ones? 

   

  Marcia Starkey, Greenfield  

   

  From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Harnden Tavern
  Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:20 PM
  To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
  Subject: [MassHistPres] Lead Paint Issues

   

  Here's a lead paint question - I fear I already know the answer, but I know the subject has been discussed here and man of you are knowledgable on this issue, so it seemed a good place to ask..

   

  I work at a house museum, owned by the town of Wilmington.  The original building was built in the late 18th century, with a 19th century addition.  We have exterior shutters - in desperate need of paint - on most of the windows .  I'm not sure how old the shutters are - I suspect some of them were replaced over the years, don't know for sure.  I don't know when they were last painted.  In a nutshell, I don't know if there is any lead paint, but I probably cannot prove there is not.  Therefore, if someone were to paint these shutters, would they be obligated to abide by the new lead paint abatement laws?  If yes, is there any grant money available for this kind of project?  Because it surely sounds like a very expensive procedure.

   

  Terry McDermott

  Curator
  Wilmington Town Museum at the
  Col. Joshua Harnden Tavern, c.1770
  430 Salem Street
  Wilmington, MA  01887
  978.658.5475
  htavern at town.wilmington.ma.us
  http://www.town.wilmington.ma.us/Pages/WilmingtonMA_BComm/Historical/index
   
  The Wilmington Historical Commission can also be reached at the above addresses and phone number.

   


   
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