Historic Register
Completion of the MHC Survey
The Massachusetts Historical Commission requires
that each town compile and maintain an inventory of the community's
historic assets. The inventory should be comprehensive and representative
of all periods through the 1950s. It should be representative
of the buildings, sites, and structures that are historically,
architecturally, archaeologically, or culturally significant to
the town. The MHC must have such information on file in order
to defend historic properties from adverse effect caused by publicly
funded projects. Completion of the historic property inventory
is also basic to all long-range planning activities entered into
by the town. Each survey includes a detailed history of the structure
based upon deed research as well as the study of other historical
documents.
Forty-five properties in Georgetown have already been surveyed
through efforts of the members of the commission. Twenty-six additional
properties have been identified as particularly historically significant
and worthy of inclusion in the inventory. We are recommending
that Community Preservation funds be expended to hire a preservationist
consultant to complete the survey. The consultant would also complete
the formal application for the inclusion of the Brocklebank House
on the National Register of Historic Properties. This Brocklebank
museum is considered by many to be the oldest house in Georgetown
and historically significant in both a pre-Revolutionary War context
and the era of the Underground Railroad.
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