The Massachusetts Historic Curatorship Program is a

leasing A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the ''lessee'') to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset. Property, buildings and vehicles are common assets that are leased. Industrial ...

program under the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) that promotes private investment in historic, public properties that are currently empty and in various states of disrepair. Through the Program, a curator is selected to restore and maintain one of the Program's properties in a “work for credit” exchange system. A curator is chosen through an open application process that can be found on the DCR's website. Average lease terms range from twenty to thirty years. As of 2021, twenty-two of the Program's properties were under agreement. The Program includes residential, commercial and institutional properties that are significant to the history of the Commonwealth.

Properties Under Agreement

Wachusett Superintendent's House,

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Wachusett Mountain State Reservation is a protected area encompassing around the summit of Mount Wachusett in Massachusetts. Activities and amenities *Roadway: An automobile road, open spring to fall, ascends the summit. Views from the top of Mo ...

( Princeton, MA) Officers' Quarters,

Fort Revere Park Fort Revere Park is a state-owned historic site and public recreation area situated on a small peninsula in the town of Hull, Massachusetts. The park occupies on Telegraph Hill in Hull Village and houses the remains of two seacoast fortificatio ...

( Hull, MA) Gatekeeper's House,

Maudslay State Park Maudslay State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Newburyport. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. It is available (by permit) for weddings and other programs. Description Maudslay State Park is a la ...

( Newburyport, MA) Bell House and Barn,

( Newburyport, MA) Coachman's House and Outbuildings,

( Newburyport, MA) Farmhouse,

( Newburyport, MA) Gatekeeper's House and Barn, Lowell Heritage State Park ( Lowell, MA) Horseneck Lifesaving Station, Horseneck Beach State Reservation ( Westport, MA) Smith Farmhouse, Borderland State Park (

Easton, MA Easton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 25,058 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Boston area. Easton is governed by an elected Select Board. Open Town Meeting acts as the legislative branch ...

) Wilbur Farmhouse, Borderland State Park (

) E.F. Dodge (Kerighan) House, Bradley Palmer State Park ( Hamilton, MA) Lamson House, Bradley Palmer State Park (

Topsfield, MA Topsfield is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,569 at the 2020 census. Topsfield is located in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Topsf ...

) Bradley Palmer Mansion, Coach House, and Carriage Garage, Bradley Palmer State Park (

) Bascom Lodge,

Mount Greylock State Reservation Mount Greylock State Reservation is public recreation and nature preservation area on and around Mount Greylock, the highest point in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The park covers some in the towns of Lanesborough, North Adams, Adams, Ches ...

( Adams, MA) Crosby Mansion, Sully House, and Graham House, Nickerson State Park (

Brewster, MA Brewster is a New England town, town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population of Brewster was 10,318 at the 2020 census. Brewster is t ...

) Harlow House,

Ellisville Harbor State Park Ellisville Harbor State Park is a nature preserve and public recreation area located in the village of Ellisville, Massachusetts, United States, on the western shore of Cape Cod Bay. Natural features of the coastal property include a barrier b ...

( Plymouth, MA) Walter Baker Administration Building,

Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District The Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the Neponset River in the Dorchester area of Boston and in the town of Milton, Massachusetts. It encompasses an industrial factory complex, most of ...

( Boston, MA) Glenledge Cottage (Viereck House),

Halibut Point State Park Halibut Point State Park and Halibut Point Reservation are adjacent parcels of conserved, oceanside land located on Cape Ann in the town of Rockport, Massachusetts. Once the Babson Farm granite quarry, the properties are cooperatively managed by t ...

(

Rockport, MA Rockport is a seaside town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,992 in 2020. Rockport is located approximately northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula. Rockport borders Gloucester to its west, ...

) Swann Lodge and Barn,

Beartown State Forest Beartown State Forest is a publicly owned forest with recreational features located in the towns of Great Barrington, Monterey, Lee, and Tyringham, Massachusetts. The state forest's more than include of recreational parkland. It is manage ...

( Monterey, MA) Barton House,

F. Gilbert Hills State Forest F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (previously known as Foxboro State Forest) is a , pine and oak List of Massachusetts state forests, Massachusetts state forest located in the towns of Foxborough, Massachusetts, Foxborough and Wrentham, Massachusetts ...

(Foxborough, MA) Litchfield House, Great Brook Farm State Park (

Carlisle, MA Carlisle is a town located northwest of Boston in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the town had a population of 5,237. History English colonists first settled the area now incorporated as the town of C ...

) Speedway Administration Building, Charles River Reservation (

Brighton, MA Brighton is a former town and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of Brighton. Initially Brighton was part of Cambridge, and known as ...

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References

External links

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