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Town of Framingham Historic Preservation Plan Town of Framingham Historic Preservation Plan Adopted: July 24, 2002 Framingham Historical Commission Laurie Evans-Daly, Chair Elizabeth Funk, Vice Chair Mary Murphy, Secretary Gerald Couto Waldo Lyon David Marks Robert Snider Stephen Herring, Town Historian Donna Jacobs, Framingham Department of Planning & Economic Development Table of Contents Page 1. Preamble 1.1 Historic Preservation Goals ........................................................................................5 1.2 History of Growth and Development in Framingham .............................................6 1.3 Profile of Framingham ................................................................................................8 2. Framingham's Preservation Planning Efforts 2.1 Municipal ....................................................................................................................14 2.2 Private Preservation Organizations .........................................................................20 2.3 Private Citizens Efforts .............................................................................................24 2.4 State .............................................................................................................................25 2.5 Federal ........................................................................................................................29 2.6 Action Recommendations ............................................................................. 29 3. The Cultural Resources Inventory 3.1 The Inventory as a Basic Planning Tool ..................................................................31 3.2 The Current Inventory ..............................................................................................32 3.3 Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................33 4. Protecting Framingham’s Cultural Resources 4.1 Local Measures...........................................................................................................35 4.2 Town Properties: Planning to Protect and Maintain Them ..................................38 4.3 Preservation Restrictions and Easements ................................................................38 4.4 Conservancy District .................................................................................................39 Framingham Historic Preservation Plan 2 4.5 Accessibility Planning ................................................................................................39 4.6 Edgell Grove Cemetery .............................................................................................40 4.7 Surplus Building Planning ........................................................................................40 4.8 Rehabilitating Town Owned Historic Buildings .....................................................41 4.9 Department of Public Works ....................................................................................41 4.10 Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................42 5. Strengthening Local Preservation Organizations 5.1 Historical Commission ................................................................................. 44 5.2 Historic District Commission ........................................................................ 44 5.3 Combined Commission Efforts ..................................................................... 46 5.4 Planning Department.................................................................................................47 5.5 Framingham Preservation Trust ................................................................... 47 5.6 Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................47 6. Financing Historic Preservation 6.1 MHC Grants ...............................................................................................................49 6.2 Other Sources of Funding .........................................................................................49 6.3 Developer's Mitigation Dollars .................................................................................50 6.4 Historic Preservation Tax Incentives .......................................................................50 6.5 Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................52 7. Identifying & Responding to Threats 7.1 Inappropriate Alterations .........................................................................................53 7.2 Under-funded State Properties .................................................................................53 7.3 Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................53 Framingham Historic Preservation Plan 3 8. Getting the Message Out: Education and Public Information 8.1 Public Education ........................................................................................................55 8.2 Public Relations/Information ....................................................................................55 8.3 Preservation Education in the Public Schools .........................................................57 8.4 Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................57 9. Developing a Plan for the Town's Artifacts: Identify, House, Preserve 9.1 Historic Documents, Plans, Photographs and Artifacts .........................................59 9.2 Building Department Plans .......................................................................................59 9.3 Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................59 10. Action Plan Action Recommendations ..........................................................................................61 11. Addenda 11.1 Glossary of Terms ......................................................................................................68 11.2 Maps ............................................................................................................................73 11.3 Cultural Resources Inventory ...................................................................................78 11.4 Design Standards ....................................................................................................102 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Ann Welles Todd Robecki Penny Wortham Heli Meltsner Framingham Historic District Commission Framingham Preservation Trust Framingham Historical Society Framingham Historic Preservation Plan 4 1. Preamble The Town of Framingham will be a better place tomorrow than it is today, providing that plans for growth and change respect and include our historic resources. Historic resources are finite, nonrenewable and dwindling in number. It is essential to preserve our irreplaceable historic resources that contribute to our heritage, our economy, our neighborhoods, and our sense of who we are as citizens of Framingham. As a tool to assist the Town of Framingham in the preservation of its valuable historic and cultural resources, the Framingham Historical Commission adopted this Historic Preservation Plan on July 24, 2002. 1.1 Historic Preservation Goals z Identify historic, archeological and natural resources significant to the town. Evaluate and recognize historic resources, natural sites, and landscapes. Identify and protect the Town’s historic archives and artifacts. z Protect historic resources, natural sites and landscapes. Make protection of historic resources a municipal policy, implemented through effective legislation, regulatory measures, and departmental procedures. Strengthen Town boards, commissions, departments, and local organizations that have an effect on historic resources. Protect Town-owned buildings and sites. Provide incentives and financial aid to preserve and revitalize Framingham's historic buildings and places. Obtain better maintenance and protection for State-owned historic properties in Framingham. List all historically and architecturally significant property controlled by the Department of Corrections in Framingham on the National Register of Historic Places. z Invest in the historic Downtown to insure its continuing viability as a community center. Concord Street (historic postcard) z Make Town-owned historic buildings and sites accessible. z Educate the public about historic resources and heighten its awareness of historic preservation. z Encourage the adaptive re- use of historic buildings whenever possible. Provide incentives when available. z Develop a mechanism to protect and enhance historic buildings, sites, and their settings. Framingham Historic Preservation Plan 5 Provide a design review element within the zoning regulations for parcels located in Framingham’s historic villages to encourage respect for the traditional scale and massing of buildings within the villages, and to allow neighboring historic architecture to guide the size, shape, style, materials and detailing of new buildings; thereby ensuring that new construction will be compatible with the village environment. Develop a process whereby the Framingham Historical Commission is notified of pending recommendations from any source for input and comment. Seek state and federal aid in revitalizing historic village centers. 1.2 History of Growth and Development in
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