[MassHistPres] Fwd: Mass Audubon demolishes 1696 house in Natick -- correction.

[Dennis De Witt]

There are ways it might have been saved.  If there is a will, there is always a way.  If there’s a “won’t” then there is not.

DCR has had a program that finds people willing to repair, for their own occupancy, buildings that would remain in DCR’s possession.  The town of Brookline owns a house in Larz Anderson Park (curiously it is in Boston), that had been neglected for years while being occupied by town employees.  A Brookline resident agreed to restore the house (perhaps it helped that her son had experience recycling houses) in exchange for life tenure for herself.  It worked out well.

Dennis De Witt


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> From: George Triantaris <gtriantaris01451 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Fwd: Mass Audubon demolishes 1696 house in Natick -- correction.
> Date: March 2, 2025 at 6:53:26 PM GMT
> To: De Witt Dennis <dennis.j.dewitt at gmail.com>
> Cc: MHC MHC listserve <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> 
> So tired of reading these stories.  I wonder if anything will be left in 50 years. 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> George Triantaris, Chair
> Harvard Historical Commission 
> 
>> On Mar 2, 2025, at 2:41 PM, Dennis De Witt via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:
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>> I provided a bad link.  Here is the correct one.
>> 
>> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2025/02/26/natick-oldest-house-demolished-mass-audubon/
>> Dennis De Witt
>> Brookline
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