[MassHistPres] Historic ironwork preservation and fabrication

Fri Apr 17 11:48:49 EDT 2015

Jeff Schiff has done several projects in Hingham.  For one project, he created a pattern for, and reconstructed the wrought iron fence around the Hingham Centre Cemetery from an early photo of the original fence.  He delivers an excellent product for the quoted price, and he's great to work with.
1.
2.      www.schiffarchitecturaldetail.com<http://www.schiffarchitecturaldetail.com>
3.
120 Eastern Ave, Chelsea, MA 02150
(617) 887-0202

[Town of Hingham]<http://www.hingham-ma.gov/>

Andrea Young
Administrator
Hingham Historical Commission
Hingham Historic Districts Commission
Town of Hingham
210 Central Street
Hingham, MA  02043
Voice: (781) 741-1492
younga at hingham-ma.gov<mailto:younga at hingham-ma.gov>
www.hingham-ma.gov<http://www.hingham-ma.gov>

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From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Stowell, Stephen
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 10:53 AM
To: 'Kara Chisholm'; masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Historic ironwork preservation and fabrication

Here's one -

Mill City Iron Fabricators

479 Textile Avenue

Dracut, MA  01826

www.millcityiron.com<http://www.millcityiron.com>

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Stephen Stowell

Administrator

Lowell Historic Board

Lowell City Hall

375 Merrimack Street

Lowell, MA  01852

(978) 674-1443

(978) 446-7103 fax

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Subject: [MassHistPres] Historic ironwork preservation and fabrication

Hello,

The City of Quincy is looking into doing a restoration project on its historic Hancock Street iron fence at the Hancock Cemetery. Does anyone have any historic ironwork preservationist and fabricator recommendations?

Thanks,

Kara Chisholm

Assistant Planner

City of Quincy

34 Coddington Street, 3rd Floor

Quincy, MA 02169

617-376-1050

kchisholm at quincyma.gov<mailto:kchisholm at quincyma.gov>

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Today's Topics:

   1. Local Building Codes & Historic Structures: MVCMA on Martha's

      Vineyard (Ferriell, Jeffrey)

   2. Re: Local Building Codes & Historic Structures: MVCMA on

      Martha's Vineyard (Stowell, Stephen)

   3. Request for names of grant writers (Susan Munafo)

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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:07:09 +0000

From: "Ferriell, Jeffrey" <JFerriell at law.capital.edu<mailto:JFerriell at law.capital.edu>>

Subject: [MassHistPres] Local Building Codes & Historic Structures:

                MVCMA on Martha's Vineyard

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Good afternoon

I'm the President of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, in Oak

Bluffs. There are over 300 historic Victorian cottages on the grounds of the

MVCMA, and we are a National Historic Landmark.

A new building inspector has decided that we can't replace our historic

porch and balcony railings with railings shorter than what the code requires

(36" I think).  There are bound to be other similar issues (e.g., egress

windows), in the future.

The MVCMA is not part of the Oak Bluffs, "Cottage City" historic district

and thus is not governed by a municipal "historic preservation" ordinance.

But, we have our own, private historic preservation rule and follow the

Dept. of Interior Guidelines, partially to maintain our Landmark status and

partially just to maintain the historic architectural features of the

buildings on our land, because we believe that it is the right thing to do

and preserves features of our buildings that help make it a distinct

community.

Can anyone provide me with some guidance about how to approach this. I'll be

happy to hear from you on the list of off, either at

jferriell at law.capital.edu<mailto:jferriell at law.capital.edu<mailto:jferriell at law.capital.edu%3cmailto:jferriell at law.capital.edu>> or at

president at mvcma.org<mailto:president at mvcma.org<mailto:president at mvcma.org%3cmailto:president at mvcma.org>>

We're planning to meet with the building inspector, but would like to gather

as much information about how this problem may have been handled in other

areas as possible.

Thanks for any assistance you can supply.

Jeff Ferriell

President, MVCMA

8 Cottage Park

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Jeffrey T. Ferriell

Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6683 (office)

614.444.3994 (home)

508.6969.1984 (Martha's Vineyard)

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From: "Stowell, Stephen" <Sstowell at lowellma.gov<mailto:Sstowell at lowellma.gov>>

Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Local Building Codes & Historic

                Structures: MVCMA on Martha's Vineyard

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The exact section is escaping me at the moment but the Massachusetts

Building Code exempts certain features of historic buildings from strict

code compliance.  I seem to recall historic railings are one such item that

are exempt for those properties that are NR/NHL listed and not otherwise in

a local review district such as seems the case here.  I've used this

exemption in the past several years ago when a property owner in one of our

neighborhood National Register districts was being told the same thing in

Martha's Vineyard regarding railings and we were able to get the historic

railings retained.

Perhaps someone who is more in tune with the code can provide some

additional specifics.  Thanks!

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Stephen Stowell

Administrator

Lowell Historic Board

Lowell City Hall

375 Merrimack Street

Lowell, MA  01852

(978) 674-1443

(978) 446-7103 fax

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Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:07 PM

To: 'masshistpres at cs.umb.edu'

Subject: [MassHistPres] Local Building Codes & Historic Structures: MVCMA on

Martha's Vineyard

Good afternoon

I'm the President of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, in Oak

Bluffs. There are over 300 historic Victorian cottages on the grounds of the

MVCMA, and we are a National Historic Landmark.

A new building inspector has decided that we can't replace our historic

porch and balcony railings with railings shorter than what the code requires

(36" I think).  There are bound to be other similar issues (e.g., egress

windows), in the future.

The MVCMA is not part of the Oak Bluffs, "Cottage City" historic district

and thus is not governed by a municipal "historic preservation" ordinance.

But, we have our own, private historic preservation rule and follow the

Dept. of Interior Guidelines, partially to maintain our Landmark status and

partially just to maintain the historic architectural features of the

buildings on our land, because we believe that it is the right thing to do

and preserves features of our buildings that help make it a distinct

community.

Can anyone provide me with some guidance about how to approach this. I'll be

happy to hear from you on the list of off, either at

jferriell at law.capital.edu<mailto:jferriell at law.capital.edu<mailto:jferriell at law.capital.edu%3cmailto:jferriell at law.capital.edu>> or at

president at mvcma.org<mailto:president at mvcma.org<mailto:president at mvcma.org%3cmailto:president at mvcma.org>>

We're planning to meet with the building inspector, but would like to gather

as much information about how this problem may have been handled in other

areas as possible.

Thanks for any assistance you can supply.

Jeff Ferriell

President, MVCMA

8 Cottage Park

--

Jeffrey T. Ferriell

Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6683 (office)

614.444.3994 (home)

508.6969.1984 (Martha's Vineyard)

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From: "Susan Munafo" <spmunafo at gmail.com<mailto:spmunafo at gmail.com>>

Subject: [MassHistPres] Request for names of grant writers

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If you know of someone who can help us rewrite a grant on a very short

timeline (we have the submission from last year so all we need to do is

update and improve)  please let me know.

Thank you!

Susan Post Munafo

Swampscott Historical Commission

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