Below you will find links to the Commission's current reports.  If you are interested in a report that is not posted here, please call the Commission at 617/349-4683 or 617/349-6112 (TTY).

• Staff Memos
• Demo Memos
• District Designation Study Reports
• Landmark Study Reports

Staff Memoranda:

• Draft Policy on Window Repair and Replacement We would welcome your comments about this draft by e-mail.
• Statement of Procedures for Photographic Evidence for CHC hearings
• Policy for Holding Landmark Designation Study Hearings for Preferably Preserved Significant Buildings

Demolition Review Cases--Staff Memoranda:

• Case D-1156: Fogg Art Museum, 32 Quincy St

• Case D-1155: 12 Traill Street

• Case D-1153: 176-178 Raymond Street

• Case D-1152: 41 Holden Street

• Case D-1139: 60 Middlesex Street

• Case D-1134: 64 Pearl Street

• Case D-1129: 55 Fayerweather Street

• Case D-1128: 30 Jay Street

• Case D-1123: 17 Rockwell Street

• Case D-1121: 2 Blanchard Road

• Case D-1112: 26 Donnell Street

•       Case D-1111: 38 R.C. Kelley Street

• Case D-1106: 178 Coolidge Hill, Shady Hill School shop building

• Cases D-1102 and D-1103: 16 and 18 Wendell Street, ells

• Case D-1100: 54 Larchwood Drive

• Case D-1097: 24 Gray Gardens West

• Cases D-1086, 1087, 1088: 1581-1595 Massachusetts Avenue

• Case D-1076: 127-129 Elm Street (Cambridgeport)

• Case D-1070: 16 Churchill Avene

• Cases D-1067, 1068: 188-190 Prospect Street

• Case D-1059: 40 Huron Avenue and Addendum

• Case D-1058: 56 Churchill Avenue

• Case D-1021: 300 Mt. Auburn Street (rear wings of Parsons Building, Mt. Auburn Hospital)

• Case D-953: 452-458 Massachusetts Avenue

District Study Reports:

• 12/01/06 Final Report of the Lower Common Neighborhood Conservation District Study Committee (with illustrations). See also Report Summary.

• 11/3/06 Final Report of the Avon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District Boundary Study Committee Part I: Body of Report and Part II: Appendices

• 4/28/06 Final Report of the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Consolidation Study (PDF file, 124KB) and a Map of the Half Crown-Marsh District

• 12/12/05 Five Year Status Report of the Harvard Square Neighborhood Conservation District Study (PDF file, 131KB)

• 5/31/01 Report of the Half Crown Neighborhood Conservation District Study Committee (PDF file, 49 KB)
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• 11/29/00 Harvard Square Neighborhood Conservation District Final Study Report (PDF file, 267KB)
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• 11/2/00 Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Final Study Report II  (PDF file, 150KB) 
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Landmark Designation Study Reports:
Please note that not every property that has a study report listed below has been designated a landmark by the City Council. See landmarks page for a list of current landmarks.

• L-89: 41 Sacramento Street (William Dean Howells House) evaluation memo

• 38 Reservoir St Wall report Not Designated

• 200 Broadway (Garment District building) Draft Report Not Designated

• Wiswall/Orne House (107 Auburn Street) Designated

• Riverside Bindery Compex (233-249 Putnam Avenue/19-23 Blackstone Street) Final Report, Designated
  Note, for illustrations and appendices, please review hard copy on file at Historical Commission.

• Saint James Episcopal Church (1991 Massachusetts Avenue) Not Designated

• Margaret Eustis/Korb House (114 Oxford Street) Designated

• Shell "Spectacular" Sign (187 Magazine Street) Under Study for Designation

• Mt. Auburn Cemetery Reception House (583 Mt. Auburn Street) Designated

• Tulip Tree at 1436-1446 Cambridge Street (PDF file, 76KB) Not Designated
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• William James House, 95 Irving Street (PDF file, 85KB) Designated
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• Shady Hill Square (PDF file, 64KB) Under Study for Designation   
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• Park House Hotel (39 Cedar Street/Cedar Square/1-3 McLean Place) Designated

• Swedenborg Chapel (50 Quincy Street) Designated