Cost to repair old barn at 35 Tyler Place: $48,614
Earlier this month the Amherst Historical Commission hit Amherst College with a one-year demolition delay -- the maximum extent of their powers -- to (temporarily) protect the Little Red Schoolhouse.
On June 15 Amherst College will go before the Dickinson Local Historic District Commission to request demolishing an ancient, dilapidated barn at 35 Tyler Place, tucked away in a location invisible to the general public.
The Historical Commission, at their May 19th meeting, voted not to even bother holding a hearing on the matter. In other words, tear down this barn! (with apologies to President Reagan).
Interestingly the Dickinson Local Historic Commission is required to hold a hearing and if they vote not to allow the demolition, then that is the end of the story. Do not tear down this barn!
In other words they have unlimited power when it comes to preserving a building within the Dickinson Historic District.
No wonder NIMBYs are chomping at the bit to form Local Historic Districts.
Amherst aka property rights in a blender. Ownership is a bad word.
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