[MassHistPres] FW: Local Historic Districts

[Skelly, Christopher (SEC)]

Brian, what are the reasons for starting with only town-owned buildings as local historic districts? Chris.

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

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From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] on behalf of Szekely, Brian [bszekely at winchester.us]
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 10:13 AM
To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: [MassHistPres] Local Historic Districts

Winchester is starting the process of proposing a few 1-parcel Local Historic Districts. As of now, we are thinking of just focusing on town-owned buildings. Last night at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting, some of the members were curious to see if other towns had any of their School buildings as part of an LHD. Some were thinking that an LHD may limit the flexibility of the School Committee to do what they want with school buildings.

Have you had any experience with this and have you received any funds that aided in the rehab of any school buildings in town? Hope you’re staying warm!


Best,

Brian Szekely
Winchester Town Planner
71 Mt. Vernon Street
Winchester, MA 01890
(781) 721-7162
bszekely at winchester.us<mailto:bszekely at winchester.us>