[MassHistPres] single-building LHD

[Michael Roughan]

As Jennifer stated, Hopkinton was faced with the demolition of the Aaron
Claflin Inn where the revolutionary guard met during the war. We imposed a
Demo Delay (6 months at the time but now 18 months).

The Inn would have been demolished without the benefit of a single
property LHD.

On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 11:31 AM Dennis De Witt via MassHistPres <
masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:

> There are also thematic LHDs with multiple isolated single property
> components.
>
> Dennis De Witt
> Brookline
>
> On Oct 1, 2024, at 11:21 AM, Doherty, Jennifer @ SEC via MassHistPres <
> masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
> MGL Chapter 40C, Section 3
> <https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40C/Section3>,
> explicitly allows for the creation of single-property districts: “The
> buildings, structures or sites to be included in the proposed historic
> district may consist of one or more parcels or lots of land, or one or more
> buildings or structures on one or more parcels or lots of land.”
>
> There are a number of communities with single-property districts, besides
> Somerville. I was involved in the creation of such districts in Framingham
> and Hopkinton before coming to MHC. And Needham just established their
> first LHD, a single-building district, at their spring Town Meeting; that
> is the most recent one statewide.
>
> Thank you,
> Jenn
>
>
> *Jennifer B. Doherty*
> Local Government Programs Coordinator
> Massachusetts Historical Commission
> 220 Morrissey Boulevard
> Boston, MA 02125-3314
> Office: (617) 727-8470
> Remote: (617) 807-0685
> Jennifer.Doherty at sec.state.ma.us
>
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> *From:* MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> *On Behalf Of *Bob
> McCarroll via MassHistPres
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 1, 2024 11:07 AM
> *To:* masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> *Subject:* [MassHistPres] single-building LHD
>
> Springfield has hired an out-of-state consultant to look at local historic
> districts in the city. He seems to be questioning the creation of
> single-building LHDs. Fourteen have been created in the past ten years,
> either during Demolition Delay or from CPA funding requirements.
>
> Are there communities besides Somerville which have used Chapter 40C to
> create numerous single-building local historic districts?
>
> Are there communities with their own landmark legislation to protect
> single buildings?
>
> Bob McCarroll
> Springfield MA
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