[MassHistPres] National Historic Register plaques

[Sam Obar]

Walpole Historical Commission is in the process of purchasing a plaque for Union Station in Walpole commemorating its status on National Register.

Generally, property owner pays for the plaque.

In our case, we found a great donor who was willing to foot the entire cost since the property owner (MBTA) was unwilling to pay for it. However, we were also thinking about getting a local business to sponsor it.

There are various companies that make them, if you google it.
We are buying ours from Norwood Monumental Works, their plaque is $475.00 for the plaque itself and up to $200 for the install depending on conditions. In our case, the MBTA will be installing the plaque for free, so we saved $200, and we also had the non-profit Walpole Historical Society take the donation itself and use it to pay for the plaque so as a non-profit they do not pay sales tax and thus reduced the plaque cost to $450.00.
We did not get quotes from other companies, but Norwood Monumental told us they would match a quote from any other company.

I hope this is helpful.

Sincerely,


-- Sam Obar
Chairman
Walpole Historical Commission



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From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> on behalf of Mary Sicchio <masicchio566 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 3:47 PM
To: MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: [MassHistPres] National Historic Register plaques

What is the best source for purchasing National Historic Register plaques?
What is the cost of the plaques? Who pays for the plaques?

Mary Sicchio
Member
Bourne Historic Commission
masicchio566 at gmail.com

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