Newton, Massachusetts Community Preservation Program  >>  Proposals & Projects

Crafts Street Stable
location:
   92 Crafts Street
Newton Corner, MA 02458
goals:
   Hire a structural engineer, preservation/conservation consultant, energy auditor, and coordinating architect to inspect this building constructed in 1895, and prepare plans and estimated costs for the restoration of its exterior.

See also Museum Collections Storage proposal.
project
funding:
  
$65,575
 CP funds requested  (historic resources), including $675 for City of Newton legal costs
$30,000 CP funds appropriated
$21,059
CP funds spent (unspent balance returned to CP Fund)
contacts:
   Commissioner of Public Buildings
City of Newton
52 Elliot Street
Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464
email: acabral@newtonma.gov
phone: 617.796.1602

Commissioner of Public Works
Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02458
email:  tdaley@newtonma.gov
phone:  617.796.1000
PROPOSAL REVIEW & APPROPRIATIONS
November 2005
November 2005
presentation with photos  (long file, may take time to load)
December 2005
detailed scope of work
13 January 2006
June-September 2006
11 September 2006
Board of Aldermen committee discussion (funding amount revised to $30,000)
18 September 2006
Board order (appropriation)
PROJECT NEWS
29 August 2009
   final report excerpts with photos (long file, may take time to load)
29 August 2009
   full final report, part 1 (very long file) and part 2
 October 2010
   successful nomination of the Crafts Street Stable
to the National Register of Historic Places

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