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Nantucket commissions discuss demolition-by-neglect, agree to create at-risk property list
Summary
Rita Carr, chair of the Nantucket Historical Commission, opened a June 27, 2024 joint CLG meeting to discuss “demolition by neglect” and whether the two commissions should create a shared watchlist and stronger interventions for at‑risk historic properties.
Rita Carr, chair of the Nantucket Historical Commission, opened a joint Certified Local Government meeting on June 27, 2024, to discuss ways the two commissions could respond to “demolition by neglect” and prevent historically significant buildings from falling into irreversible disrepair.
The discussion centered on whether the Historical Commission (NHC) could help the Historic District Commission (HDC) identify at‑risk properties early and on what enforcement tools and incentives the town could use. Carr said the topic “came out of discussion…with everything surrounding 10 New Whale Street and how could potentially the NHC and HCC work together to try and prevent building from reaching such an advanced state of disrepair.”
The nut of the meeting was a repeated call for more proactive identification and earlier intervention. Commissioners described recent survey work that already flagged vulnerable properties and proposed formalizing a referral process…
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