The Wellesley Historical Commission is holding three public forums over the coming weeks to discuss the high number of teardowns in Wellesley.  The Historical Commission will present an overview of its proposed historic preservation demolition review bylaw and will...

While the Wellesley Historical Commission continues to research and formulate a proposed Historic Preservation Demolition Review Bylaw in connection with feedback from Town of Wellesley boards and residents, the Town lost a beautiful, historic Tudor Revival house located 1...

The Wellesley Historical Commission took part in the Town of Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend on Sunday, May 22, 2016, by marching in the parade, manning a table Hunnewell Field, and by giving guided tours of buildings at Wellesley College, the...

Recent commentary in the Wellesley Townsman points out that, despite the increased tax revenue to the town associated with new home construction with a higher assessed value than the home torn down, “once you account for the long-term financial...

24 Linden Street, built in the late 1880s by Charles Dana (namesake of the Dana Hall School), could be marked for demolition and the property divided.  The Wellesley Townsman recently highlighted this historic home in an article that is...

The Wellesley Townsman recently published an editorial supporting the Wellesley Historical Commission’s preliminary work in researching a new bylaw to give the Town a tool to prevent the loss of historic, architecturally significant and economically diverse homes in Wellesley.

Shortly after learning that the existing tenants in the historic Wellesley Hills Railroad Station building were vacating, the Wellesley Historical Commission wrote to the owner of the station to advise it and the new tenant of the historic nature...