[MassHistPres] determining integrity

[Marcia Starkey]

Hello all,

 

The Greenfield Historical Commission is discussing an anticipated demolition
of an inventoried Main Street Moderne building built as an auto dealership
in 1927. (GRE 127)  The MHC Recon. Survey notes its cast relief panels on
the façade which depict transportation scenes of the period.  These are now
fragile and partially eroded.   

 

The site also holds a ca. 1892  one story brick factory built by Goodell
Bros., part of Greenfield’s precision tool industry and a barn, possibly
from a farm.  There has been no demolition announcement for these. 

 

The Historical Commission is discussing either removing if possible or
reproducing the panels  for use in a new transportation center. Obviously
retention of the reliefs in situ is best, but would removal or reproduction
classify as preservation or mitigation on the part of the auto dealer? How
does the Commission regard them after they are removed from their context?
Are there other examples of this situation? 

 

Marcia Starkey, Greenfield            

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