[MassHistPres] Holding Preservation Restrictions

[James Hadley]

As best I understand preservation restrictions, they are legal encumbrances on the ownership of real property. This question is best referred to an attorney familiar with the applicable law. I imagine one can be found on the PreservationMASS website. BU has a preservation program run in the Law School, so they may also be of help. 
The question indicates a need to develop a procedural understanding within your community, which, one hopes, can be set down in writing and remain useful in similar circumstances in the future. (Town Counsels don't always know the law WRT these matters. In my town, for example, Town Counsel did not file CPC-required preservation easements with the MHC until I made enquiries into the process and informed him. They were therefore of a limited duration.)

James Hadley
Chair, Orleans Historical Commission
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On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:56 AM, "Kimberley Connors-Hughes" <dig at archeducation.org> wrote:

> On on the non-profits in town has been asked to hold a preservation restriction. Does anyone on the list know of local non-profits doing this? Would the house need to be NR eligible for the restriction? 
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