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

[Garrett Laws]

Dennis,

The DCR’s Historic Curatorship program is very impressive and has decades
long record of success including the Speedway at the corner of Soldiers
Field Road and Western Ave in Brighton, 1440 Soldiers Field is what comes
up in maps. I believe the first property was the mansion in the Bradley
Palmer State Park in Topsfield, now an event location called the Willowdale
Estate.

The program would make for an impressive template for town use.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/historic-curatorship-program

Garrett Laws
Copper and Slate

On Sunday, March 2, 2025, Dennis De Witt via MassHistPres <
masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *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:
>
> I provided a bad link.  Here is the correct one.
>
> <image2-1-67be362ad596b-640x432.jpeg>
> Mass Audubon demolishes the oldest house in Natick
> <https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2025/02/26/natick-oldest-house-demolished-mass-audubon/>
> boston.com
> <https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2025/02/26/natick-oldest-house-demolished-mass-audubon/>
>
> <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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