CPC presentation 10162019.pdfStrategic Next Steps at Historic Northampton
A Proposal to the Community Preservation Committee
Improvements since 2014
Then Now
Then Now
Currently:
•600 active members & donors
•100+ volunteers from the community
•~ 12-15 high school & college interns/year
•~50 programs/year, with more than 4,000
attendees
•Collaborations with more than 2 dozen
local non-profits, colleges and universities
•New school programming initiative
•Since June, more than 3,000 visitors
and program participants!
Mission
•Become a destination, with a regional
reputation for excellence
•Develop rich school & family
programming
•Serve as a community-centered museum and education center
•Preserve & interpret the artifacts in the collection
Goals
Restore and re-open the Shepherd barn to the public
Total Project Cost: $194,871
CPC Request: $163,134
Shepherd Barn Structural Assessment
1805-1806
Signs of historic significance
The bell from the Hampshire
County Court House
Display Artifacts
Historic weathervanes
PARSONS HOUSE: ASSESS CONDITIONS, RESTORE & RE-OPEN
Total Project Cost: $37,000
CPC Request: $18,500
Details from the SPNEA Report, 1992
Original kitchen, then became parlor in the federal period, 1795-1815
The room was originally
sheathed in horizontal molded
boards.
The brown and green is
about 1815.
The blue wallpaper and paint is about 1800-1810
This House Has Seen…
Report
•Conduct a top to bottom assessment of the existing conditions
in the house
•Write a report to explain changes in condition or different
conclusions from the earlier HSR
Repairs
Reinstall the original ceiling in the back (summer) kitchen
Remove wiring and track lighting on the first floor
Craft a new front door.
Parsons House (1719)
First Floor
1
2
3
1.Open to Public
2.Short-term housing for scholars & artists
3.Oral history recordings room
Shepherd House Side Porch Repairs
Total Project Cost: $12,500
CPC Request: $6,250
Improving Collections Storage: Installing a New Framed Art Rack System
Total Project Cost: $6,500
CPC Request: $3,250
Greg Farmer Myron Stachiw
Our Team
Preservation Consultants
Primary Contractors
Douglas Thayer Alicia Spence Wade Clement
Task Expense
HN
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CPC
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Shepherd Barn: Restoration &
Improvements $194,871 22,000 163,134
Parsons House: Assessment & Repairs 37,000 18,500 18,500
Shepherd House: Historical Porch
Restoration 12,500 6,250 6250
Art System Rack 6,500 3,250 3250
TOTALS $250,871 50,000 191,134
SUMMARY BUDGET FOR ALL PROPOSED PROJECTS