[MassHistPres] Demolition

[Gretchen Schuler]

I assume it is a local historic district and not demolition delay?

If an LHD you can have the ability to review the plans and approve the
replacement or not, assuming you decide to allow demolition.

If it is demo delay, you can delay the demolition if you determine that the
building is historic and preferably preserved and then you can agree to
waive the delay if they come in with plans that are appropriate to the site
and context.....that you feel comfortable approving.

Gretchen Schuler
Wayland  Historic District

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 2:13 PM Nancy Dole <nlouisedole at gmail.com> wrote:

> My committee has asked me to write and ask if any other HDC s have allowed
> the demolition of an historic building.
> The Howes House in West Tisbury is owned by the Town and was a tavern
> built in the 1800s.  It is now occupied by the Council on Aging and they
> need to expand. There have been inappropriate additions to the original
> building, which is basically a box,  and alterations, esp windows, that
> were also inappropriate. The proposed plan the town has shown us is yet
> another inappropriate addition that attempts to work around the structure
> as it now exists.
> If anyone has any information about a situation where demolition was
> allowed, what did you do to be sure that the building that replaced it was
> in character with the original, or with the district surrounding it, before
> agreeing that a demolition might be acceptable under what circumstances.
> Did you treat it differently because it was a municiple building?
> The WTHDC has never allowed any historic property in the district to be
> demolished. We have had more than one request, the answer has been we would
> not approve it.
> Nancy Dole
> Secretary, WTHDC
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