Stacy E. Spies
Click here for a downloadable copy of my CV.
STACY E. SPIES
Architectural Historian
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
www.stacyspies.com
[email protected]
(908) 889-0161 cell
Exceeds National Park Service Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural Historians per 36CFR61, Appendix A.
Education: M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Georgetown University
SELECTED PROJECTS
Historic Research, Planning Surveys, and Architectural Analysis
2025 Holliston Village Commercial District Historic Resource Inventory, Holliston, Mass. (115 buildings)
2025 Old Town Center Historic Properties Survey Update, Dedham, Mass. (105 buildings)
2024 Town-wide Mid-Century Modern Architecture Survey Phase I, Weston, Mass. (100 buildings)
2023 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase III, West Newbury, Mass. (110 buildings, with Wendy Frontiero)
2023 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase I, Avon, Mass. (112 buildings)
2023 Historic Properties Survey – Hudson, Mass. (67 buildings)
2023 Mt. Hope Finishing Company Historic Sites Survey – Dighton, Mass. (170 buildings)
2022 High Street – Upper East Street Neighborhood Survey, Dedham, Mass. (105 buildings)
2022 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase II, Ayer, Mass. (90 buildings)
2022 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase I, Dighton, Mass. (90 buildings)
2020 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase II, West Newbury, Mass. (107 buildings, with Wendy Frontiero)
2020 Documentation of Mass Central / Boston & Maine RR Corridor, Sudbury, Mass.
2021 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Chelmsford, Mass. (20 buildings)
2021-2024 Historic Sites Survey, Westminster, Mass. (20 buildings)
2018 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase I, West Newbury, Mass. (116 buildings)
2018-2024 Compliance Surveys, Chelmsford Historical Commission, Chelmsford, Mass. (26 projects to date)
2017 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Groveland, Mass. (147 buildings)
2017 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Wenham, Mass. (113 buildings, with Wendy Frontiero)
2017 Conditions Assessment, Sandy Pond School, Ayer, Mass.
2011 Barn Assessment & Archival Research, Camp McGregor, Guilford, Vt.
2007 Script and Signage for Interpretive Program, Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House, Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
2003 Contributor, New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail Historic Sites Survey
1999 House History, Frederickson House, Plainfield, N.J.
1997 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Tewksbury Twp. N.J.
1996 Contributing Resources Investigation (contributor), Central Railroad of New Jersey Main Line. Multiple municipalities.
1996 Building Documentation, Thomas Winder House and Farm, Lower Makefield Twp., Pa.
1993 Historic Structure Report, Haldeman House, Chadds Ford, Pa.
National Register of Historic Places Nominations
2016 Cove Street Historic District, Duxbury, Mass. (With Wendy Frontiero)
2016 Sandy Pond School, Ayer, Mass.
2015 First East School, Petersham, Mass.
2015 Second East School, Petersham, Mass.
2008 Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House, Township of Scotch Plains, N.J.
2008 All Souls Church (First Unitarian Society of Plainfield), City of Plainfield, N.J.
2005 Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and Ferry Terminal (Addtl. Documentation), Hoboken, N.J.
2002 Roosevelt Hospital, Edison, N.J.
2001 Pruddentown Historic District, Morris Township, N.J.
2001 Livingston Homestead, Borough of Highland Park, N.J.
2001 Maplewood (former New Jersey State Village for Epileptics), Montgomery Twp, N.J.
1996 Hangar No. 1, Naval Air Station Wildwood (Cape May County Airport), Middle Township, N.J.
1995 The Morristown School (Morristown-Beard School), Morris Township, N.J.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS)
2021 Shady Rest Golf and Country Club (Scotch Hills Country Club), Scotch Plains, N.J.
1999 Wager Farmstead, Montgomery Township, Pa. (18 Buildings)
1999 VanWaggoner Farm, Hopewell Township, N.J.
1999 Oldis Farm, Hopewell Township, N.J.
1997 Voorhees Flower Farm, Union Township, N.J.
1997 U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, Hoboken, N.J.
1997 Orange Turnpike, Monroe, N.Y.
1997 Migel Estate and Farm , Monroe, N.Y. (7 buildings)
1996 New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children’s Ward and Employee Housing, Glen Gardner, N.J.
1996 Raritan Arsenal, Bonhamton vicinity, N.J. (12 buildings)
Publications
2004 Encyclopedia of New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press. Contributor.
2001 Images of America: Edison. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing.
2000 Images of America: Metuchen. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing.
Presentations
2025 " Home and Away: Prefabricated Residential Design in the Boston Suburbs and Beyond." Preserving the Recent Past 4 Conference.
2000 "The Garden State Parkway: A Case Study in Evaluating the Significance and Integrity of Mid-Twentieth-Century Parkways.”
Preserving the Historic Road in America Conference.
Professional Employment:
Stacy E. Spies, Historic Preservation Consultant
2000-present Scotch Plains, N.J., Hopkinton, Mass.
Principal Investigator for Architectural History
1996-1999 Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc., Cranbury, N.J.
1997 The RBA Group, Morristown, N.J.
1995-1999, 2001-2 ARCH2, Inc., Metuchen, N.J.
Historic Preservation Staff, New Jersey Transit. Newark, N.J.
1994-1995
Architectural Technician, GS-05, Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering Record.
1993-1994 National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, Philadelphia, Pa.
Past Board Activities: Chair, Hopkinton Historic District Commission
Hopkinton Historical Commission
Vice-Chair, Scotch Plains Historic Preservation Commission
Historical Society of Scotch Plains-Fanwood
Mount Hope Historical Conservancy, N.J.
Past Volunteer: Collections Specialist, Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, Waltham, Mass.
Click here for a downloadable copy of my CV.
STACY E. SPIES
Architectural Historian
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
www.stacyspies.com
[email protected]
(908) 889-0161 cell
Exceeds National Park Service Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural Historians per 36CFR61, Appendix A.
Education: M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Georgetown University
SELECTED PROJECTS
Historic Research, Planning Surveys, and Architectural Analysis
2025 Holliston Village Commercial District Historic Resource Inventory, Holliston, Mass. (115 buildings)
2025 Old Town Center Historic Properties Survey Update, Dedham, Mass. (105 buildings)
2024 Town-wide Mid-Century Modern Architecture Survey Phase I, Weston, Mass. (100 buildings)
2023 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase III, West Newbury, Mass. (110 buildings, with Wendy Frontiero)
2023 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase I, Avon, Mass. (112 buildings)
2023 Historic Properties Survey – Hudson, Mass. (67 buildings)
2023 Mt. Hope Finishing Company Historic Sites Survey – Dighton, Mass. (170 buildings)
2022 High Street – Upper East Street Neighborhood Survey, Dedham, Mass. (105 buildings)
2022 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase II, Ayer, Mass. (90 buildings)
2022 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase I, Dighton, Mass. (90 buildings)
2020 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase II, West Newbury, Mass. (107 buildings, with Wendy Frontiero)
2020 Documentation of Mass Central / Boston & Maine RR Corridor, Sudbury, Mass.
2021 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Chelmsford, Mass. (20 buildings)
2021-2024 Historic Sites Survey, Westminster, Mass. (20 buildings)
2018 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey – Phase I, West Newbury, Mass. (116 buildings)
2018-2024 Compliance Surveys, Chelmsford Historical Commission, Chelmsford, Mass. (26 projects to date)
2017 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Groveland, Mass. (147 buildings)
2017 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Wenham, Mass. (113 buildings, with Wendy Frontiero)
2017 Conditions Assessment, Sandy Pond School, Ayer, Mass.
2011 Barn Assessment & Archival Research, Camp McGregor, Guilford, Vt.
2007 Script and Signage for Interpretive Program, Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House, Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
2003 Contributor, New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail Historic Sites Survey
1999 House History, Frederickson House, Plainfield, N.J.
1997 Town-wide Historic Sites Survey, Tewksbury Twp. N.J.
1996 Contributing Resources Investigation (contributor), Central Railroad of New Jersey Main Line. Multiple municipalities.
1996 Building Documentation, Thomas Winder House and Farm, Lower Makefield Twp., Pa.
1993 Historic Structure Report, Haldeman House, Chadds Ford, Pa.
National Register of Historic Places Nominations
2016 Cove Street Historic District, Duxbury, Mass. (With Wendy Frontiero)
2016 Sandy Pond School, Ayer, Mass.
2015 First East School, Petersham, Mass.
2015 Second East School, Petersham, Mass.
2008 Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House, Township of Scotch Plains, N.J.
2008 All Souls Church (First Unitarian Society of Plainfield), City of Plainfield, N.J.
2005 Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and Ferry Terminal (Addtl. Documentation), Hoboken, N.J.
2002 Roosevelt Hospital, Edison, N.J.
2001 Pruddentown Historic District, Morris Township, N.J.
2001 Livingston Homestead, Borough of Highland Park, N.J.
2001 Maplewood (former New Jersey State Village for Epileptics), Montgomery Twp, N.J.
1996 Hangar No. 1, Naval Air Station Wildwood (Cape May County Airport), Middle Township, N.J.
1995 The Morristown School (Morristown-Beard School), Morris Township, N.J.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS)
2021 Shady Rest Golf and Country Club (Scotch Hills Country Club), Scotch Plains, N.J.
1999 Wager Farmstead, Montgomery Township, Pa. (18 Buildings)
1999 VanWaggoner Farm, Hopewell Township, N.J.
1999 Oldis Farm, Hopewell Township, N.J.
1997 Voorhees Flower Farm, Union Township, N.J.
1997 U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, Hoboken, N.J.
1997 Orange Turnpike, Monroe, N.Y.
1997 Migel Estate and Farm , Monroe, N.Y. (7 buildings)
1996 New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children’s Ward and Employee Housing, Glen Gardner, N.J.
1996 Raritan Arsenal, Bonhamton vicinity, N.J. (12 buildings)
Publications
2004 Encyclopedia of New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press. Contributor.
2001 Images of America: Edison. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing.
2000 Images of America: Metuchen. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing.
Presentations
2025 " Home and Away: Prefabricated Residential Design in the Boston Suburbs and Beyond." Preserving the Recent Past 4 Conference.
2000 "The Garden State Parkway: A Case Study in Evaluating the Significance and Integrity of Mid-Twentieth-Century Parkways.”
Preserving the Historic Road in America Conference.
Professional Employment:
Stacy E. Spies, Historic Preservation Consultant
2000-present Scotch Plains, N.J., Hopkinton, Mass.
Principal Investigator for Architectural History
1996-1999 Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc., Cranbury, N.J.
1997 The RBA Group, Morristown, N.J.
1995-1999, 2001-2 ARCH2, Inc., Metuchen, N.J.
Historic Preservation Staff, New Jersey Transit. Newark, N.J.
1994-1995
Architectural Technician, GS-05, Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering Record.
1993-1994 National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, Philadelphia, Pa.
Past Board Activities: Chair, Hopkinton Historic District Commission
Hopkinton Historical Commission
Vice-Chair, Scotch Plains Historic Preservation Commission
Historical Society of Scotch Plains-Fanwood
Mount Hope Historical Conservancy, N.J.
Past Volunteer: Collections Specialist, Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, Waltham, Mass.