Stewardship Easement Program, Preserving Privately-Owned Historic Homes
Through its easement program, established in the early 1980s, Historic New England holds easements on 82 privately owned New England properties, and works with the owners to ensure preservation of the character-defining historic features. The program provides comprehensive protection of exterior, interior and landscape features and is considered a national model for the protection of buildings that remain in active use and in private ownership. Approximately 1/3 of the properties in the program were previously owned by Historic New England, and were returned to private ownership with preservation restrictions that continue in perpetuity. The balance of the properties were enrolled by current or former owners, who donated the deed restrictions to the organization along with endowment fund contributions. Endowment funds provide for the monitoring and enforcement of the easements, carried out by a full-time staff dedicated to that purpose.
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