[MassHistPres] Infill and Additions in Local Historic Districts

Amy H Griffin ahg240 at nyu.edu
Fri Mar 25 12:34:56 EDT 2022


Dear Chris,

New houses were built on undeveloped tracts in Wellesley's Historic
District, at 626 and 628 Washington St. Certifying the designs was an
interesting and amicable process overall.

Best,
Amy Griffin
Former Member, Wellesley LHDC

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> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:46:27 +0000
> From: Gwen Miller <gmiller at townoflenox.com>
> To: Chris Skelly <ccskelly12 at gmail.com>, "masshistpres at cs.umb.edu"
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> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Infill and Additions in Local Historic
>         Districts
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> Hi Chris,
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> 50 Church Street in Lenox is a nice example. While the actual historic
> building was demolished, the new building fits in very well.
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> Skelly <ccskelly12 at gmail.com>
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> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Infill and Additions in Local Historic Districts
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> I am looking for some recent examples of new construction or additions in
> a local historic district. These could be examples that met the local
> historic design guidelines and were approved or ones where there were some
> challenging aspects to the design review process, resulting in a denial or
> modification of the design.
>
> Overall, just looking for some new construction or addition examples that
> are good for discussing the design review process with a local commission.
>
> Chris Skelly
> Skelly Preservation Services
> Community Planning and Preservation
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> From: Gwen Miller <gmiller at townoflenox.com>
> To: Chris Skelly <ccskelly12 at gmail.com>, "masshistpres at cs.umb.edu"
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> 46 Housatonic Street is another example, I think. Both new buildings went
> through HDC review, approval and ZBA approval and fit in nicely with the
> existing fabric and massing of the village today.  They each have some
> details that mimic actual historic buildings nearby.
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> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Infill and Additions in Local Historic
> Districts
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> 50 Church Street in Lenox is a nice example. While the actual historic
> building was demolished, the new building fits in very well.
>
> Get Outlook for iOS<
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__aka.ms_o0ukef&d=DwIGaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Ei4l2_Xs1IQS6Ehxa-G4Lw&m=ythXt6uk-GuCCpo2TmF5Pwk6VSLWCS-cbctbZtjda1s4ougWOwOvYx0lGoxqJh5U&s=lSgRI-ZtqxvdHG6e0cZ2tm8iW_1TC8fS-Ttd_5GQN-o&e=
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> Skelly <ccskelly12 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 5:59:39 PM
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Infill and Additions in Local Historic Districts
>
>
> I am looking for some recent examples of new construction or additions in
> a local historic district. These could be examples that met the local
> historic design guidelines and were approved or ones where there were some
> challenging aspects to the design review process, resulting in a denial or
> modification of the design.
>
> Overall, just looking for some new construction or addition examples that
> are good for discussing the design review process with a local commission.
>
> Chris Skelly
> Skelly Preservation Services
> Community Planning and Preservation
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.skellypreservationservices.com&d=DwIGaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Ei4l2_Xs1IQS6Ehxa-G4Lw&m=ythXt6uk-GuCCpo2TmF5Pwk6VSLWCS-cbctbZtjda1s4ougWOwOvYx0lGoxqJh5U&s=wOYCIDxcoDOYc_jSga-NkrvGjKVPY62QuBGbG2USf4M&e=
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