[MassHistPres] antique window replacement

[Stacia Caplanson]

There is a collection of information  related to historic windows on the
Preservation Massachusetts website https://www.preservationmass.org/windows
Included is a bibliography of articles, videos of presentations by window
restoration professionals etc.
Some of this information may be helpful in building your case.

Wishing you all the best,

Stacia



*Stacia Caplanson*


*Preservation Circuit Rider for Central and Western MAPreservation
Massachusetts*

*Post Office Square*

*6 Main Street Ext., Suite 613*

Plymouth, MA 02360

Office: 617-723-3383

Cell: 617-999-3256



On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 7:28 AM Richard McGrath <
mastermasonmcgrath at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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