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THE LEXINGTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION Lexington, Massachusetts 02173 MEETING Room G-15 April 12, 1976 Lexington Town Office Building 7 :30 P.M. Voting Members. Present: Chairman Elizabeth Reinhardt, Anne Grady, Richard Morehouse, Donna Brown. Guests: Mr. Wilbur Jaquith from Historic Districts Com. The meeting was called to order at 7 A0 P.M. The Chairman announced the National meeting of Historic. Trust which will be held in Philadelphia, NATIONAL October 27-31. We will send for more information in anticipation of one MEETING or more of ours attending. Donna Brown was asked to contact the Comptrollers office to get an acc- ounting of how much the Commission has spent to date and report that ACCOUNTING amount to the Chairman. Mrs. Reinhardt announced that the Lexington Historical Commission has a Membership card in the. National Trust if anyone is interested in using MEMBERSHIP it. CARD The Commission has recieved the booklet put out by the Ipswich Historical Group entitled Something to Preserve. It will be circulated amoung the BOOKLET members. A discussion was held concerning the Bowman Tavern. The present owner is Mrs. Butaro but we have not been successful in reaching her to see if we can visit the inside. It is believed this building is dated 1767. William Diamond lived here. It is, believed that the building was taken down in BOWMAN 1860 and rebuilt about 1900. Talk was that it was once a gambling and TAVERN "House of Ill Repute". We will send a message to all local organizations in regard to their interest in forming an organization for Preservation. Perhaps some kind PRESERVATION if Heritage Trust Organization could be established if enough interest can be established. We considered the matter of accessing Historical properties. We should check with the local Board on this matter in order to be able to advise owners as to what if any difference improvements would make in their Accessment accessment. Mr. Morehouse will contact Mr. Irwin.