[MassHistPres] Fwd: Protecting 19th century road sign

[Dennis De Witt]

Hi Henry

I was involved in saving historic cast aluminum street name signs from a prior DPW zealots mis-reading the MUTCD.  Together with Lower Marion Township Pa. and two senators across party lines we got Federal rulemaking to clarify their historic status.  I assume you do not have such a drastic challenge.

This book on turnpikes may be also tangential to your issue but may be of some interest.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Turnpikes_of_New_England_and_Evoluti/1pzNa0Ucb1UC?hl=en
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Turnpikes_of_New_England_and_Evoluti/1pzNa0Ucb1UC?hl=enIt's a free download.

I take it your structure is wood.  Do you know how old it is?  It has a wonderful Ur-ish appearance.  
Here is a thought for whatever it may be worth — or may not be — given its extremely exposed and fragile nature, like Michelangelo’s David, might the original go in a museum with an exact replica in the town green.  

My interest in Brookline’s signs spilled over a bit into related wayfinding signs such as yours and mileposts as well.  

Here are a few Mass. examples

Cast aluminum wayfinding in Acton — combined with horse trough and a light!


A CPA grant funding application for very unusual street name signs in Longmeadow

I have seen a few of these distinctive town line signs in various places and wonder if there may have been a depression era program


Cast iron wayfinding in Hamilton


It would be interesting to have a state wide inventory of such historic street name and wayfinding road signage  — including mileposts 

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

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> From: Henry Geddes via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Protecting 19th century road sign
> Date: September 3, 2024 at 8:52:48 PM EDT
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Reply-To: Henry Geddes <hgeddes.shc at gmail.com>
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> Hi all,
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> I wondered if anyone had experience protecting an approximately 6 foot, 3-dimensional road sign considered a historical landmark from water, snow damage. The 19th century structure on Shutesbury common is being rehabilitated and we want to protect it.
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> Best,
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> Henry Geddes, PhD
> Chair, Shutesbury Historical Commission
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