[MassHistPres] new construction in local historic districts
Christine Beard
christinebeard at verizon.net
Mon Mar 10 11:31:53 EDT 2014
I am looking for examples of appropriate new construction within a local historic district - specifically a new office and/or commercial building in a largely residential district. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Chris
TREMONT PRESERVATION SERVICES
21 Market Street
Suite 250
Ipswich, MA 01938
978-356-0322 (fax/phone)
On Mar 8, 2014, at 2:49 PM, masshistpres-request at cs.umb.edu wrote:
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> Gloucester has three churches within our historic district: an Episcopal, a Congregational & a Unitarian Universalist.
> They all are on Middle Street
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> David H. Rhinelander
> 16 Pine St.
> Gloucester, MA 01930
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> From: Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] church in a local historic district
> To: Olivia M <liv1946 at gmail.com>
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> Brookline?s Pill Hill LHD has a Latvian Lutheran Church (originally Swedeborgian) and a row house with a neon ?jesus Saves? cross on it that is designated as a church.
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> When St. Aiden?s Church, which the Kennedys attended, was closed and threatened with demolition, Town Meeting directed the Preservation Commission to initiate a study report for it as a potential single property LHD, over the vociferous objections of the diocese. Eventually the town and the diocese, both of which have strong traditions of creating affordable housing, cosponsored a friendly 40B with a very high percentage of permanently affordable housing, with the site retaining two huge copper beaches and the church, albeit as a facadectomy containing the site?s only high end units.
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> Dennis De Witt
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> On Mar 6, 2014, at 4:25 PM, Olivia M <liv1946 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Dear Local Historic Districts
>> I'm looking for some numbers: do you have a church in your LHD?
>> If so, please send your town and name of your LHD to us.
>> We are working on a Polish Heritage Local Historic District that includes a closed Catholic Church, Mater Delorosa and can use some other LHD as examples for our City Council.
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Olivia Mausel, Co-Chair
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>> Holyoke Historical Commission
>> Fairfield Avenue Local Historic District Commission
>> 20 Korean Veterans Plaza
>> Holyoke City Hall Annex ~ Room 100 A
>> Holyoke, MA. 01040 --
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>> www.holyoke.org/department/historical
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>> 413-237-1950
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>> Vitek Kruta, Duncan Mackiewicz, *Olivia Mausel, James Sheehan, *Joseph Reynolds, Associates: Jean Jonker, Chris Gauthier, Dan Fitzgerald
>> Fairfield: *Matt Chenier, *Olivia Mausel, Peter Papineau, Sandra Parent, James Sutter, Beth Strycharz, Wendy Weiss *co-chairs
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> In Arlington, we have several church in historic districts:Central St. - High Rock Church (built in 1840 as 1st Universalist Church)Pleasant St. - St. John's Episcopal (1934); Boston Church of Christ (built in 1844 as First Congregational Church)Mt.Gilboa/Crescent Hill - Covenant Church (built in 1899 as Arlington Heights Baptist Church); former (1946) Arlington Heights Methodist Church, now converted to secular institutional usesJohn WordenArlington HDC
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> Dear Local Historic DistrictsI'm looking for some numbers: do you have a church in your LHD?If so, please send your town and name of your LHD to us.We are working on a Polish Heritage Local Historic District that includes a closed Catholic Church, Mater Delorosa and can use some other LHD as examples for our City Council.
> Thanks for your time,Olivia Mausel, Co-Chair
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> Holyoke Historical Commission
> Fairfield Avenue Local Historic District Commission20 Korean Veterans PlazaHolyoke City Hall Annex ~ Room 100 AHolyoke, MA. 01040 --
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> www.holyoke.org/department/historical
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> 413-237-1950
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> Vitek Kruta, Duncan Mackiewicz, *Olivia Mausel, James Sheehan, *Joseph Reynolds, Associates: Jean Jonker, Chris Gauthier, Dan Fitzgerald
> Fairfield: *Matt Chenier, *Olivia Mausel, Peter Papineau, Sandra Parent, James Sutter, Beth Strycharz, Wendy Weiss *co-chairs
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> You are the best!! It seems that there are 436 churches/chapels in LHD in
> the state....
> they are listed in Macris! ( thanks Gretchen and Michael S.)
> A great help and thanks for your specific names and numbers!
> I'll will keep you posted on our process,
> Olivia
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> Holyoke Historical Commission
> Fairfield Avenue Local Historic District Commission
> 20 Korean Veterans Plaza
> Holyoke City Hall Annex ~ Room 100 A
> Holyoke, MA. 01040 --
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> www.holyoke.org/department/historical
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> 413-237-1950
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> Vitek Kruta, Duncan Mackiewicz, *Olivia Mausel, James Sheehan, *Joseph
> Reynolds, Associates: Jean Jonker, Chris Gauthier, Dan Fitzgerald
> *Fairfield: *Matt Chenier, *Olivia Mausel, Peter Papineau, Sandra Parent,
> James Sutter, Beth Strycharz, Wendy Weiss *co-chairs*
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> From: "Ward Hamilton at Olde Mohawk Historic Preservation"
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> Subject: [MassHistPres] Soda blasting interior brick walls?
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> Interviewed a soda-blasting company owner and walked through the client's
> house in Boston's South End today with him. He insisted that, in his
> experience, thoroughly soda-blasting interior brick to clean and remove
> any residual paint, plaster, or dirt might do more damage to the brick
> than hitting it for a briefer period of time with what he described as a
> lighter "sand-type" media (which he called "Green Lightning").
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> I gave him a couple of sample bricks with and without paint to test, but
> it was his opinion that any media is going to eat into the brick surface
> somewhat, and that as long as he used a lighter media (and not the heavy
> "Black Beauty" sand used in industrial sandblasting) the brick should be
> OK, especially as it is interior masonry not exposed to weathering and
> moisture.
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> I have a real aversion to the idea of using sand-type blasting or
> abrasives on bricks, so I am not sure what to make of this fellow's
> insistence on blasting something harder than soda against the walls. Do
> you have any thoughts on this situation? We are still trying to find
> another vendor to bid on soda-blasting (or whatever "blasting" is
> appropriate), to compare against New England Soda Blasting.
>
> If you have any recommended soda-blasting companies that you would be
> willing to refer to us we'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance for your
> advice, thoughts and input re this and/or other techniques.
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> Ward Hamilton
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> OLDE MOHAWK HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC
> 877.622.8973 online at OldeMohawk.com
> Slate Roofing | Masonry | Restoration
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