[MassHistPres] antique window replacement

[Doherty, Jennifer (SEC)]

Hi Richard,
As this is a municipally-owned property in a National Register of Historic Places district, it qualifies for Massachusetts Preservation Project Fund (MPPF) grants from the MHC. You can find out more about the program here<https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcmppf/mppfidx.htm>.
Thank you,
Jenn


Jennifer B. Doherty
Local Government Programs Coordinator
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3314
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Jennifer.Doherty at sec.state.ma.us<mailto:Jennifer.Doherty at sec.state.ma.us>

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From: MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> On Behalf Of Richard McGrath
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:13 PM
To: Masshistpres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Subject: [MassHistPres] antique window replacement

The town of Lunenburg wants to replace the windows in the 1910 former library with  clad double pane. true divided lite. wood replacement windows. The large old windows are said to take two people to open them and are in need of maintenance: putty, ease of opening and closing, paint, storm window repair. The replacement windows will be smaller than the existing because a standard window isn't the same size as the original. The Architectural Preservation District Commission returned the Certificate to alter and requested that it be changed to restoring the existing and returned to us, The Town Manager wants to replace them, seeing the new windows as superior to the old. Please let me know of any experiences that you have had with a similar situation and any studies that we can refer to that compare new to old so that we can educate and elevate the Town mManager, Selectboard and the general population.

Thank you,

Richard McGrath, member Lunenburg APDC
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