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Historic Newton
Scroll down for both pending proposals & projects already funded.
location:
   The Jackson Homestead
527 Washington Street
Newton Corner, MA 02458
total funding:
  
$731,191 total CP funding requested  (historic resources)
$239,589 total CP funds appropriated 
total projects:
  
3 (listed below in reverse chronological order): Museum Collections, Museum Exterior Preservation, Museum Archives
totals above exclude these other Historic Newton projects:
  
Durant-Kenrick Homestead
Historic Burying Grounds (with Parks & Recreation Dept.)
primary contact:
   Cynthia Stone,
Executive Director, Historic Newton
527 Washington Street
Newton Corner, MA 02458
email:   cstone@newtonma.gov
phone:   617.796.1451

Historic Newton is a public-private partnership between a City department (the Jackson Homestead/Newton History Museum) and a private nonprofit organization (the Newton Historical Society).
additional contact:
 for Historic Newton projects involving public buildings, including
the Jackson Homestead & Crafts Street Stable:
Newton Public Buildings Commissioner
52 Elliot Street
Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464
email:   sgilmanl@newtonma.gov
phone:   617.796.1600
multi-project updates:
September 2008
   Capital Campaign timeline
16 December 2009
   Historic Newton overall/project updates (PowerPoint presentation)
December 2009
   Historic Newton Capital Campaign brochure & attachments (incl.  fundraising update)
January 2010
   Capital Campaign update
February 2011
   Capital Campaign update
March 2011
   Capital Campaign update
March 2011
   Newton Historical Society financial statements

Museum Collections Storage
goals:
   Design a dedicated, stand-alone storage facility for the museum's collection of three-dimensional historic objects, to be built within the envelope of the historic, City-owned Crafts Street Stable.

See also other proposals for the Crafts Street Stable.
project
funding:
  
$30,000 CP funds requested  (historic resources)
$5,000 private contributions
$35,000
TOTAL PROJECT COST
PROPOSAL REVIEW & APPROPRIATIONS:
16 October 2009
  proposal, part 1: overview
16 October 2009
  proposal, part 2: map & photos
16 October 2009
  proposal, part 3: budget
December 2009
   proposal letters of support
16 December 2009
   public hearing presentation
January-February 2010
   supplemental information requested by CPC:
from 
Historic Newton

:
  
collections policy
collections plan
construction cost estimate
from
American
Association  of Museums

:
  
excerpt from 2003 accreditation report for Newton
2010 re-accreditation schedule for Newton
2005 general standards for museum collections stewardship
2010 general accreditation process
24 February 2010
   CPC conditional vote to recommend funding  (scroll down in mtg minutes)
14 May 2010
   request to hold funding recommendation pending evaluation of this project as part of the City's new Capital Improvements Plan. 
16 March 2011
   CPC vote to rescind February 2010 recommendation (scroll down in mtg minutes)

Note:  2010 recommendation was never forwarded to the Board of Aldermen. A revised proposal may be submitted when it has been assigned a high current priority through the City's Capital Improvements Plan.

Museum Archives
goals:
   Rehabilitate and expand space for the Museum's manuscripts and photographs research library and archives, housed in the 17th-century wing, to preserve existing collections, provide space for future additions to the collection, and enhance public access to the collections. This project is part of an overall renovation that will also increase space for public programming and improve accessibility for the Museum as a whole.
project
funding:
  
$562,947 CP funds requested     (historic resources)
$101,345 CP funds appropriated  (design only)
other potential sources of support:
$40,000 Community Development Block Grant funding for accessibility improvements, recommended by Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities
$24,000 cash contribution by anonymous donor
additional
contacts:
   Cindy Stone, Executive Director
Historic Newton
527 Washington Street
Newton Corner, MA 02458
email:   cstone@newtonma.gov
phone:   617.796.1450
PROPOSAL REVIEW & APPROPRIATIONS:
14 December 2007
  original proposal (long file; may load slowly)
14 April 2008
  original CPC funding recommendation
21 July 2008
  design - Board order for initial funding (appropriation), $37,500
16 December 2009
   update as part of overall presentation for all Historic Newton projects
13 October 2009
   design  - initial estimate of supplemental funding
4 December 2009
   design  - revised estimate of supplemental funding
28 January 2010
   design - final request for supplemental funding with original proposed floor plan from 2007-08, for comparison
12 March 2010
   design - CPC recommendation for supplemental funding 
17 May 2010
   design - Board order for supplemental funding  (appropriation), $63,845
12 October 2010
   construction - intention to request funding
6 April 2011
   construction - initial estimates 
27 July 2011 construction - funding request:
- proposal  (includes budgets, partial plans, photographs)
- full plans
- submission to Massachusetts Historical Commission
- submission to Massachusetts Architectural Access Board
- Americans with Disabilities Act process
25 August 2011
   construction - Newton Historical Commission review
29 September 2011
   updated design submittal to Newton Commission on Disabilities:
summary &
photos		 site plans &
elevations		 floor plans
PROJECT NEWS:
1997
  preservation restriction for the Jackson Homestead, held by the Massachusetts Historical Commission

Museum Exterior Preservation
goals:
   Replace leaking roof; restore and rehabilitate rotted wooden exterior elements, then repaint (in a historically documented color) the 1809 house and stable wing that house the Newton History Museum, in time for the house's 200th anniversary in 2009.
project
funding:
  
$138,244 CP funds appropriated  (historic resources)
$18,900 architects' fees, covered by Public Buildings Dept.
$157,144
TOTAL PROJECT COST
proposal review & appropriation:
5 December 2008
  proposal
5 December 2008
  plans attached to proposal (long file; may take a while to open)
14 January 2009
  presentation at public hearing
18 March 2009
  CPC funding recommendation
18 May 2009
  Board order (appropriation)
December 2010
  Historic Newton request for revised scope of work (original)
April 2011
  Historic Newton request for revised scope of work (final)
project news:
16 December 2009
   in presentation of Historic Newton overall/project updates

CONTACT:  
Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D., Community Preservation Program Manager
Newton Planning & Development Department,
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459
phone 617.796.1144, email  aingerson@newtonma.gov, TDD / TTY 617.796.1089