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Durant-Kenrick
Homestead
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location:
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286 Waverley
Avenue
Newton Corner, MA 02458
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goals:
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Restore and adapt this
private 1732 house museum for use as a public history museum, and
acquire a preservation restriction on the
historic landscape next door, as context for the
historic house. |
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project
funding:
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$2,795,800
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CP
funds appropriated (historic
resources)
incl. $8,300 for City of Newton legal services |
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contacts:
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Cynthia
Stone,
Director, Historic Newton
527 Washington Street
Newton Corner, MA 02458
email: cstone@newtonma.gov
phone: 617.796.1451
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See also:
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Burying
Grounds (project updates)
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Museum
(for archives, collections, building, &
general fundraising/ capital campaign updates) |
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PROPOSAL REVIEW
& APPROPRIATIONS
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October 2006
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Needs assessment proposal
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3 October 2006
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Needs
assessment presentation
at public hearing
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24 March 2006
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Needs
assessment CPC
funding recommendation |
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18 April 2006
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Needs
assessment Board
order (appropriation): $78,500 |
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3
October 2006
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Full project main proposal |
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3 October 2006
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Full
project development
& operating budgets (projected)
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3 October 2006
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Full
project property
history & treatment recommendations
(very long
file, will load slowly) |
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3 October 2006
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Full
project house
interior/collections, with appraisal
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3 October 2006
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Full
project house & land
appraisal (long
file,
will load slowly)
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3 October 2006
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Full
project letters
of support
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May 2007
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Full
project development
& operating budgets (revised projections) |
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7 March 2007
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Full
project public
hearing presentation |
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May 2007
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Tentative site
programming ideas (draft for discussion purposes only) |
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12 June 2007
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Full project
CPC
funding recommendation
(revised between appropriations for phase 1 and phase 2) |
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24
April 2007
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Museum rehabilitation &
construction
(phase 1), discussion by
Aldermanic
Committee on Community Preservation |
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23 May 2007
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Museum
rehabilitation (phase 1), discussion by
Aldermanic
Finance Committee |
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4 June 2007
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Museum
rehabilitation (phase 1) Board
order (appropriation): $1,447,300 |
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26
June 2007
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Landscape
preservation restriction
(phase 2), revised
CPC
funding recommendation
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25 June 2007
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Landscape
preservation restriction (phase 2), discussion by Aldermanic
Committee on Community Preservation |
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16 July 2007
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Landscape
preservation restriction (phase 2), discussion by
Aldermanic
Finance Committee |
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13 August 2007
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Landscape
preservation restriction (phase 2) Board
order (appropriation):
$1,270,000 |
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PROJECT
NEWS
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12 August 2009
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updated fundraising
results |
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24 August 2009
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commitment
to transfer property by Durant Foundation |
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17 November 2009
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architectural
services - request for proposals |
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16 December 2009
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in Historic
Newton presentation on all current projects |
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December 2009
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updated historic
landscape plan |
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Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010
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updated
fundraising
goals
& results
to date
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November 2010
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revised
architectural plans (long
document, will load slowly)
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20 December 2010
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updated timeline
(request for extension, granted) |
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25 February 2011
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updated
fundraising
results |
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28 March 2011
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project
updates:
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23 August 2011
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Massachusetts
Architectural Access Board decisions |
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15 September 2011
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Massachusetts
Historical Commission preservation agreement |
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documents required for initial release of funds |
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9 November 2011
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recorded
preservation restriction |
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June-November 2011
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commitment
& certification of non-CPA funding |
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November-December 2011
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certification
by project
architect & landscape consultant that project
meets federal standards
(Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties & Cultural Landscapes) |
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8 December 2011
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updated timeline |
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9 December 2011
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executed
grant agreement |
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22 December 2011
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first release
of funds (photograph) |