Chelmsford Center Historic District
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If you have plans for construction or signage changes and your property is within the district map below, contact the Chelmsford Center Historic District Commission to get on the meeting agenda.
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Procedure:
Review Standards (approved May 2, 2022)
  • Written to guide rehabilitation and construction within the Chelmsford Center Historic District in line with the stated mission, and
  • To minimize reliance on the individual tastes and preferences of those who award permits by setting up clear rules that everyone will understand
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Mission:
  • To preserve and protect the distinctive characteristics of buildings and places significant in the history of the Commonwealth and its cities and towns
  • To improve and maintain the settings of those buildings and places
  • To encourage new designs compatible with existing buildings in the district
The Chelmsford Center Historic District Commission

was established under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40C, and is independent of the Chelmsford Historical Commission.

It is comprised of not less than three and not more than seven volunteers, who are appointed by the Town Manager, and approved by the Board of Selectmen for a 3-year term.

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Background Documents for the District:
  • The Sep 1974 District Map
  • The Feb 1975 Preliminary Report outlines plans for establishing the District
  • The May 1975 Final Report recommends acceptance of the proposed bylaw by Town Meeting
  • The National Park Service Nomination Form recommends the Historic District for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places Inventory

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