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Thomaston museum seeks removal of historic easement on deed to allow practical repairs and energy upgrades
Summary
Friends of Montpelier asked the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee to remove a historic‑place easement attached to the deed for the replica General Henry Knox Museum in Thomaston, saying it prevents practical repairs and energy upgrades.
Representative Anne Matlack presented LD 12 64, a resolve that asks the Bureau of Parks and Lands and the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to modify the deed that conveyed Montpelier (the General Henry Knox Museum in Thomaston) to the Friends of Montpelier by removing Schedule B, a historic‑place easement. The sponsors and Friends argued the easement was attached after the original legislative conveyance and now constrains routine, safe, energy‑efficient maintenance of a 1929 replica building.
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