[MassHistPres] last ditch effort to save historic home in Dover

[james hadley]

Anyone wishing to see what is being lost may go to a facebook page maintained by - I think - the Dover Historical Sciety

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.157917294218864...3Postcards Circa 1915. By Dover Historical Society · Updated over a year ago · Taken at Dover, MA ... The Joseph Draper House, built circa 1725 · 

Very sad, hard to understand.
James Hadley



> From: meauxmo1 at comcast.net
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 08:23:24 -0400
> To: MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: [MassHistPres] last ditch effort to save historic home in Dover
> 
> Despite over six years of effort, monetary offers and negotiation, it appears that the Joseph Draper House on Farm Street in Dover, c.1724, oldest house in the Town on its original site, will be demolished next week. The HC’s demolition delay was applied years ago and the house lacks any sort of protective covenant. All efforts to convince the owners to allow the house to be removed quickly from the premises seem to have failed. 
> 
> A press release is in process, and a petition to save the house will go public this weekend. The owners will be given a copy of the press release tomorrow, before it goes to the media. Are there  any strategies that have helped rescue other buildings in similar situations?
> 
> Sara Molyneaux
> Friends of the Joseph Draper House
> Dover 
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