[MassHistPres] Historic Homes website

[laurie young]

Since I'm in the Town of Barnstable, I have set an automatic email to send
me info on any home built before 1939 and located in the villages I'm
concerned with.  Every day, I get an updated email of new listings and
modified listings.  This isn't as good as a site just for historic homes but
it's better than nothing.

Laurie Young
ovnonp at gmail.com
617-429-1354

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   1. Re: site / resource of historic homes for sale? (Rosemary Foy)


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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:45:26 -0400
From: Rosemary Foy <rbattlesfoy at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] site / resource of historic homes for
	sale?
To: Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net>
Cc: Barbara Wales <barbara.wales at beangroup.com>,	MHC MHC listserve
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Karen,

The only "database" -type resource for historic home sales is through the
National Trust for Historic Preservation. Go to www.preservationnation.org,
scroll to the bottom to the Learn More tab and you'll see Historic Real
Estate. 
Most of the houses listed there and in the print version of the Trust's
magazine tend to be from other parts of the country, especially from the mid
Atlantic states and the South. This has always puzzled me. Maybe there are
just more people in those areas who value history more than we do here in
New England, or who at a minimum view historical features as assets rather
than liabilities. I don't know. 

Hope this helps,
Rosemary Foy
Brookline

> On Sep 13, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Let me be as clear as I can be.  He calls his firm "Historic Homes"
because that is what he specializes in.
> 
> I also understood that the enquiry was about the possibility of a listing
site of some sort.  This might not have been the perfect answer, but a
broker who attracts clients interest in historic homes is, in fact, an
important resources and preservation tool.  Had the important Emerson house
in Weston been marketed through such a broker it might not now be under
threat of demolition.
> 
> Dennis De Witt
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 13, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Barbara Wales <barbara.wales at beangroup.com>
wrote:
>> 
>> Just because his company name has the word "Historic"  in it doesn't mean
he is the de facto source for homes from early eras.   I don't think
individual agents should be plugged on a sight like this.  Of that is the
case, I would want to throw my hat in the ring as well.
>> 
>> I also don't think that was the intent of the question.  My
interpretation was that she was looking for a "database" of homes.
>> 
>> MIC?AL CHAMBERLAIN at Historic Homes ? 70 Langley Road, Newton Centre
specializes in houses of architectural character, mostly victorian but up to
and including some mid-century modern.
>> 
>> He handled an Emerson house for a neighbor of ours and the new owners
actually moved right in rather than gutting it first, as is becoming all too
common.
>> 
>> Speaking of mid-century modern, are there any brokers who specialize in
mid-century modern?  Especially on the south shore?
>> 
>> Dennis De Witt
>> Brookline
>> 
>> On Sep 12, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Karen Johnson <karenmj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Is there a site or resource that folks use to locate / post 
>> > historic homes for sale for those who care about preservation?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > karen johnson
>> > malden
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