As some of you may or may not know, our property is no less than partly inside of the Corn Hill Preservation District. That makes us part of the district, and we’re on the list of properties here (warning: pdf). The major reason this is a big deal is because our house needs to be compatible with the neighborhood. We don’t feel this is particularly limiting, but it’s been something to keep in mind. As part of the process of preparing myself, I’ve been reading the agendas, notes, and decisions made by the Preservation Board over the past year or so. I highly recommend everyone take a look at the incredible work that goes into the process. All of the board materials can be found here.

Since we never really discussed it, here’s what we’re working with. We also needed to dig up the survey for the zoning board. We’ll be talking about that extensively in a few months. Have a great weekend in the meantime!

One of the first things the architect asked us to do was to pull together a number of things we liked. I don’t think I’ll bore everyone with the entire list, but I did think it would be a good idea to post the list of houses (Google Streetviews) from Corn Hill that we picked. Many of these houses are “typical” for the neighborhood, and it’s one of the reasons we like it so much.

55 Atkinson St.
97 Adams St.
68 Adams St.
119 Tremont Cir.
106 Tremont Cir.
12 Greig St.
9 Greenwood St.