Below, please find resources available to assist you in conducting research on buildings and structures in Wellesley and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Links

• WELLESLEY
  • Wellesley Townsman Newspaper Search (1906-1989)
  • 1897 Atlas of the Town of Wellesley
  • Wellesley Historical Society
  • Fuller Brook Park Improvement Project
  • Planning Department
  • Board of Assessor’s Online Database
  • Board of Assessor’s Online Map
  • Design Review Board
  • Community Preservation Committee
  • Natural Resources Commission
  • Chapter 7 of the 2007 – 2017 Comprehensive Plan (historic preservation discussion)
  • Friends of Brookside
• MASSACHUSETTS
  • Massachusetts Historical Commission
  • Preservation Massachusetts
  • Community Preservation Coalition
  • MACRIS (Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System)
    • GIS Mapping Layer
  • Genealogies of Back Bay Houses
  • Norfolk County Registry of Deeds
• NATION
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Laws

• Historic District Town Zoning Board Bylaw (Section XIVD)
• Neighborhood Conservation District Town Bylaw (Article 46A)
• Historical Commission Enabling Statute (G.L. c. 40, §8D)
• Historic Commission Town Bylaw (Article 17)
• National Historic Preservation Act
• Natural Resource Protection Development Bylaw