[MassHistPres] Local Preservation Update E-Newsletter-August 28, 2017

[Skelly, Christopher (SEC)]

LOCAL PRESERVATION UPDATE E-NEWSLETTER
Published by the Massachusetts Historical Commission
August 28, 2017

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCE 2017
Preservation Massachusetts has opened registration for the 2017 statewide historic preservation conference to be held September 22 in historic downtown Lowell.  The conference will feature training sessions, educational panels, lively discussion, peer mentoring, tours and networking opportunities.  To see the day’s agenda, sessions, tours and to register, visit the website of Preservation Massachusetts.  http://www.preservationmass.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.preservationmass.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=HJeg5vlVssIJteBAzBVv1cKzUTA9hLUHuoJyFO6P0cU&m=YAmGj9aiznzTY-3fkKcnoKlZ2oaSQGq9XWdnHyTSi5s&s=K8l_nubTtVRQCJLLcVvxgGm_ESAVzJkLyazvDV6waM8&e=>.

LOCAL COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP UPDATES
The Massachusetts Historical Commission is updating membership information for local historical commissions and historic district commissions. This year, we are sending out update requests by email whenever possible.  Please help keep us up-to-date with the current members of your commission.

NEW LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN MENDON
The Mendon Center and Taft Homestead Historic Districts were passed at the 2017 annual town meeting. In 2015, the Mendon Historical Commission requested the Board of Selectmen to appoint a local historic district study committee according to MGL Chapter 40C-The Historic Districts Act.  The study committee investigated the need for the protections of a local historic district and proposed establishing the two districts.  The Taft Homestead is a single building local historic district, encompassing an 18th Century farmhouse.  The Mendon Center Historic District includes 67 properties.  For more information, visit http://www.mendonma.gov/historic-district-study-committee<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mendonma.gov_historic-2Ddistrict-2Dstudy-2Dcommittee&d=DwMGaQ&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=HJeg5vlVssIJteBAzBVv1cKzUTA9hLUHuoJyFO6P0cU&m=YAmGj9aiznzTY-3fkKcnoKlZ2oaSQGq9XWdnHyTSi5s&s=smNnIltlLQCGI5JK6HIbstBlcQEjDmAQiOJAP6pgy4s&e=>.

SURVEY AND PLANNING GRANTS FOR FY 2017
This spring, the Massachusetts Historical Commission awarded matching Survey and Planning Grants to eighteen projects statewide as part of its FY 2017 grant cycle.   For more information on the MHC's annual Survey and Planning Grant program, visit https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhchpp/Surveyandplanning.htm<https://owa.sec.state.ma.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=cc8d2536a13c4255bc6b3cd2b7a4884e&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sec.state.ma.us%2fmhc%2fmhchpp%2fSurveyandplanning.htm>. The website will be updated in September when announcements inviting pre-applications for the FY18 grant round go out. Congratulations to all the FY17 grant recipients!

Arlington
Inventory Update of Historically and Architecturally Significant Properties
Boston
Roxbury Survey Update, Phase 2
Brookline
Greater Aspinwall Hill Survey Update
Everett
Historic Properties Survey
Framingham
Saxonville Historic Resources Survey
Gloucester
Dogtown National Register Archaeological District Nomination
Hanover
Cultural Resources Inventory Update
Hanson
Historic Buildings and Cemeteries Survey
Hopkinton
Historic Properties Survey Update, Downtown Area
Lenox
Lenox Historic Preservation Plan
Lynnfield
Homesteads Inventory
Marblehead
Shipyard District Historic Properties Survey, Part 2
Medford
Medford Square South Survey
North Adams
Historic Inventory Update
Salem
Staff Support to Implement Preservation Master Plan
Sturbridge
Historic Assets Survey
West Newbury
Properties Inventory Update
Winchester
Community-wide Survey Update


CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND DATES TO REMEMBER
September 22, 2017
Massachusetts Statewide Historic Preservation Conference.  Lowell.  See above.
October 11, 2017
MHC Workshop on Introduction to Historic Preservation Planning.  Stow.  7pm. For more information, please contact Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us<mailto:Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us>.


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Please forward this newsletter on to others that may be interested.  If you are receiving this as a forwarded message and would like to receive it directly, please contact the Massachusetts Historical Commission.   The Massachusetts Historical Commission also has a listserve, known as masshistpres, specifically for historic preservation.  You can join this listserve by visiting http://mailman.cs.umb.edu/mailman/listinfo/masshistpres<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman.cs.umb.edu_mailman_listinfo_masshistpres&d=DwMGaQ&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=HJeg5vlVssIJteBAzBVv1cKzUTA9hLUHuoJyFO6P0cU&m=YAmGj9aiznzTY-3fkKcnoKlZ2oaSQGq9XWdnHyTSi5s&s=xXTbw_WFmDcGtplYQRnRLsVzufeMZDsqMK1aSr3kwnc&e=>.  This newsletter is posted on masshistpres directly and sent to local commission members.  We welcome your thoughts on what you would like to see in this newsletter.  The website for the Massachusetts Historical Commission is http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcidx.htm

Christopher C. Skelly
Director of Local Government Programs
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us<mailto:Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us>

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