Historic Preservation Plan Update CITY OF HOLYOKE CITY OF HOLYOKE Historic Preservation Plan and Strategies for Center City

This project is being funded in part by the City of Holyoke, Office of Community Development , and in part through a Historical Commission Survey & Planning Grant, with Federal funds from the , US Department of the Interior. ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE THE 1991 PRESERVATION PLAN •Separate Wisteriahurst from the Historical Commission into separate entity

•Implement Demolition Delay Ordinance

•Establish local historic district

•Become Certified Local Government

•Apply for additional MHC grants LOSSES SINCE THE 1991 PRESERVATION PLAN LOSSES SINCE THE 1991 PRESERVATION PLAN LOSSES SINCE THE 1991 PRESERVATION PLAN

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masslive.com PLAN UPDATE FOCUS - HOLYOKE’S CENTER CITY

google map PROJECT GOALS •Make preservation work more predictable and transparent

•Identify endangered resources

•Integrate preservation into economic development and planning

•Standardize preservation practices PROJECT TIMELINE Phase I: Background

Phase II: Current Issues and Preliminary Strategies

Phase III: Plan Development ()(and another community meeting)

Phase IV: Final Plan Production PROJECT PRODUCTS

• Survey Plan for updating Holyoke’s • Recommendations for policy historic inventory strategies • National Register recommendations • Strategies for integrating • Critical Preservation Issues Preservation and Economic • Priority Endangered Properties List Development SURVEY PLAN FOR UPDATING HOLYOKE’S HISTORIC INVENTORY

WHY INVENTORY HISTORIC RESOURCES? WHY INVENTORY HISTORIC RESOURCES? Survey Plan for Updating Holyoke’sInventory s Inventory CURRENT HOLYOKE INVENTORY 1195 Total Properties Inventoried CURRENT HOLYOKE INVENTORY 1195 Total Properties Inventoried

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

Benefit: Recognition

A: Significant Events

B: Significant People

C: Significant Architecture

D: Providing information about history or pre-history NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

Benefits:

•Tax Incentives

•Grants

•Protection

sec.state.ma.us National Register Eligibl e & Listi ngs in Center City •Ball Block •Caledonia Building •Fire Station #2 •Friedrich Block •HdleFllCompnHadley Falls Company Housing District •Hampden Park Historic District •Holyoke System • •Maplewood Hotel •North High Street Historic District (and expansions) •Prospect Park •Clovis Robert Block •US Post Office, Holyoke •Wisteriahurst

Google Streetview POTENTIAL NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS •Holyoke Fire Station #2 (eligible) POTENTIAL NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS •Holyoke Public Library

murpharch.com PRIORITY ENDANGERED BUILDINGS •Armory PRIORITY ENDANGERED BUILDINGS •Railroad Station

•Mill Complexes PRESERVATION ISSUES •Demolition Delay PRESERVATION ISSUES AND POLICY STRATEGIES •Creation of Addition Local Historic Districts PRESERVATION ISSUES AND POLICY STRATEGIES •Abandoned, Vacant and Underutilized Buildings PRESERVATION ISSUES AND POLICY STRATEGIES •Market Conditions

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