Documents and Forms
These materials are posted for the convenience of the public. By-laws, rules and regulations are subject to change, so interested parties are advised to consult the official versions of Town documents that are kept in the Town Clerk's Office and in the offices of the Town's boards and committees.
Forms:
- Certificate of Appropriateness Application (pdf file)
- Application for Significant Structure Review (pdf file)
Documents:
- Historical Commission Guidelines (revised 2017 pdf file)
- Demolition Delay Bylaw (pdf file)
- Historic District Bylaw (pdf file)
- Historical Commission Rules and Regulations (pdf file)
- Topsfield Town Common Historic District Description (pdf file)
Plans and Reports:
- River Road - Cross Street National Register District
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS) Listings for Topsfield This Massachusetts Historical Commission site includes photographs and .pdf documents for many Topsfield historic properties. (28 pages)
- MHC Reconnaisance Survey Town Report: Topsfield, 1985 (pdf file) [goes to Mass.gov page]
- History of the Newburyport Turnpike (Route One/Boston Street) with Details of the Topsfield Segment
- Historic Farms and Rural Retreats of Topsfield, MA, 1670-1955 (National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form)
- Text of Lecture on Historic Farms and Rural Retreats
- Heritage Landscape Inventory Project (pdf file)
- The Care and Feeding of an Old House
- Windows and Siding Replacement