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LEXINGTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEETING Room G5 September 15 , 1975 Lexington Town Office Building 7 : 30 P .M . Voting members present : Donna Brown, Anne Grady, Richard Morehouse , Elizabeth Reinhardt . Thamas Taylor ,Absent . Public Participation : Mr . Roland Greeley (Lexington Historical Society,President) Mr . Jeff Shaw (Ass- istant to Town Manager) The meeting was called to order at 7 : 37 P .M . Our guests were introduced to the members . Mrs . Reinhardt provided the agenda . SATATIONARYStationary has been designed by Mr . Morehouse . He will get a price quote from Lexington Press to add to the bids from Batrett Press and Concord Press to compare before ordering . We discussed with Mr . Greeley the application of the properties MUNROE in the so-called Munroe district . Applications will be made DISTRICT individually . The Sanderson house one now in the process of being rewritten . The confirmation from Washington on the nomination of the Hancock School to the National Register should be coming some- HANCOCK time in the next week . It was suggested again by Mrs . Brown SCHOOL that the School Committee still should be contacted since they still have some unanswered questions . Mrs . Reinhardt advised that since no action was taken by the School Committee for six months since the notice was sent to them the nomination was probably considered by default . Mrs . Reinhardt presented the list of possible memberships in Organizations in which we might be interested . It was voted MEMBERSHIP not to join the Bay State League (Historical ) at this time . We can get information through the Lexington Historical Society The Victorian Society - no vote - still a possibility . The National Trust- voted in favor . This allows us to be eligible to apply' far '=funds ..'sAmerican Association for State and Local History- Not at this time . We can consider this at a later date when our program is in better shape . Mrs . Reinhardt advised us that the following areas are now complete by the inventory committee . Munroe , East Lexington . INVENTORY Hancock . The Massachusetts Ave . section of . ihe Battle Green District is nearly complete . The Center Business District is next to be done . Pictures have been taken and we have approx- imately 200 forms filled out . We must discuss with Mr . O ' Connell about the costs involved with film purchase and developing . It has been decided that the Stone Building and the Follen Church EAST DIST . will be nominated separately . It was suggested that at the time we begin covering the town by precincts we ask homeowners ,by way of the newspaper , to advise the committee of any information on properties which will be of interest .