[MassHistPres] [EXTERNAL] Re: Sales/new owners in LHDs

[Jacqueline Appel]

Would love to see copies of the letters used but can’t access from the text URL you provided in your email. Also wondering if you have had any feedback from the letters that have been sent out?

Thanks in advance and Best Regards.

Jacqueline Appel
Belmont Historic District Commission

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Hi Wendy, I think this is a terrific idea and very helpful. Thanks for sending along copies of the letters you use. If anybody else has a program similar to this, I’d love to hear some feedback on how effective it has been, how much time it takes, etc.
Robert Mahowald
Chair, Dartmouth Historical Commission
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Robert Mahowald
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On Oct 8, 2025, at 8:28 PM, Wendy Bawabe via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu<mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>> wrote:
Hi Everyone,

The Norwell Historical Society (not the Commission) sends out a package to all homeowners who have bought a historic home (older than 75 years) every February. We have two versions: one that references the MHC Form B (we include that in the package) and one that says there is no Form B and the Historical Commission is going to work on creating one. I’m attaching the PDFs of both of those letters from this past year.

We find doing this no only explains to new (historic) home owners about our Town’s demolition delay bylaw and offers up the Commission’s expertise on old homes, but it also encourages them to buy a historic house plaque and learn more about the history of their new home.

I hope this is helpful!

Wendy Bawabe
Norwell Historical Society

<Welcome--Have Form B 2025.pdf>
<Welcome--Have NO Form B 2025.pdf>


On Oct 7, 2025, at 4:04 PM, Garrett Laws via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu<mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>> wrote:

Michelle,

Aside from the challenges of tracking the sales of your current inventory, mailing (dropping off) a resource pamphlet to existing and new homeowners is a great way to be proactive with the districts and homeowners that you work with to keep a city or town's historic fabric in place.

Does anyone already distribute something directly to historic property owners?

Many Thanks,
Garrett Laws

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On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM Johnstone, Michelle via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu<mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>> wrote:
Good afternoon, everyone –

Happy Monday! Reaching out to the greater group to ask: what you all do in your community when a property is sold in a local historic district? Do you monitor for sales and send a welcome letter? If so, do you find that this is helpful? Here in Worcester, we don’t do anything, and sometimes new homeowners find out that they are in a local historic district the first time they pull a permit on the property. Of course, sometimes no permit is pulled (and sometimes isn’t even required), which causes issues when people claim they simply didn’t know/were never told their property is in a local historic district.

If anyone has a great example of a letter that you send to new historic property owners, please feel free to share!

Best,

Michelle H. Johnstone
Senior Preservation Planner
Executive Office of Economic Development | Planning & Regulatory Services Division
City of Worcester | 455 Main Street, Rm 404, Worcester, MA 01608
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