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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Historic Preservation Properties 1989
Limited Partnership (the registrant) on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December
31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report") the undersigned, in the capacities and on the date indicated
below, hereby certifies pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that to the best of his knowledge:

I, Terrence P. Sullivan, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Historic
         Preservation Properties 1989 Limited Partnership;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
         such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
         covered by this annual report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
         material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
         cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
         this annual report;

4.       The registrant's other certifying person and I are responsible for
         establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
         registrant and have:

         (a)      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                  such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                  our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
                  to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries and
                  investee entity, is made known to us by others within those
                  entities, particularly during the period in which this annual
                  report is being prepared;

         (b)      [Paragraph omitted in accordance with SEC transmission
                  instructions contained in SEC Release 34-47986]

         (c)      evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                  controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                  report based on such evaluation; and

         (d)      disclosed in the report any change in the registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the registrant's most recent fiscal year that has materially
                  affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.       The registrant's other certifying person and I have disclosed, based on
         our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
         reporting, to the registrant's auditors:

         (a)      all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                  design or operation of internal control over financial
                  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial information; and

         (b)      any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                  or other employees who have a significant role in the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  March 15, 2004                   /s/ Terrence P. Sullivan
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                                        Terrence P. Sullivan
                                        General Partner
                                       (Performing similar functions of Chief
                                        Executive Officer and Chief
                                        Financial Officer)