Amherst commission explores maintenance requirement for historic districts
Tim Dachos of Callahan Painting primes a fence May 29, 2019 at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst. The museum is an anchor of the town’s first historic district. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Since Amherst created two local historic districts over the past decade, a commission has existed to ensure buildings near the Emily Dickinson Museum and on properties north of the University of Massachusetts maintain a certain level of appearance.
But members of the Local Historic District Commission are beginning discussions that could lead to a bylaw amendment that would give an extra layer of protection to homes and other structures within the districts.