[MassHistPres] Does an old building moved into town fall under the purview of a demolition delay bylaw?

[Garrett Laws]

Peter,

The building is there now...

Garrett Laws
The copper & Slate Company, inc

On Monday, November 6, 2017, Peter K Johnson <johnsonkpeter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here's an issue Hanover's Historical Commission will face at its next
> meeting (tomorrow night).
>
> Hanover has a demolition delay bylaw in place, which covers buildings over
> 75 years old.  The commission can invoke an up-to-year-long delay for a
> "preferably preserved" structure.
>
> Here's the issue:
>
> Sometime in the 1980's  a developer moved an early 19th century barn to
> Hanover from Norwell, put it on a new foundation and used the reconstructed
> barn as part of a new restaurant he developed at the time.
>
> The restaurant, as well as rather large adjacent retail development from
> the 1980's, has been bought by a new owner, who has applied to demolish all
> of the buildings on the two sites.
>
> Does such a reconstructed building have status under a demolition delay
> bylaw? There is no mention of such a condition in the bylaw itself.  We
> don't know much about the barn's history, at least not yet. Whatever the
> history, it didn't take place in Hanover.  It's also possible that the
> developer (now deceased) significantly "rearranged" the structure of the
> barn when it was reconstructed on the Hanover site.
>
> I do know that the town's building department and fire department
> personnel regard it as unsafe, a fire hazard, and prefer that it be
> demolished.
>
> Has anyone had experience with a such a "moved" building?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Johnson
> Chair
> Hanover Historical Commission
>


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