[MassHistPres] site / resource of historic homes for sale?

[Brian E. Yates]

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From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] on behalf of Veronica McClure [veronica.mcclure at verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 1:32 PM
To: Rosemary Foy
Cc: MHC MHC listserve
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] site / resource of historic homes for sale?

Interesting thread  : )

I just searched "historic homes for sale on line" and found quite a few sites, way more than I thought there would be.

Also I agree that a broker who specializes in historic homes is an important resource because there are many good homes not in historic districts or otherwise not easy to know about.  Any way to bring these homes to the attention of sympathetic/empathetic buyers is good.

Veronica McClure


On Sep 15, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Rosemary Foy wrote:

Karen,

The only "database" -type resource for historic home sales is through the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Go to www.preservationnation.org<http://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<mailto: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




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MICÉAL 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<mailto: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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