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• • x ~ 3 HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMt~SSION MINUTES OF A MEETING HELD ON FEB~tIIARY 4, 1970 The Historic Districts Commission held a meeting on Wednesday, Febru•• ary 4, 1970, at 7137 P.M. in the Selectmen`s Room, Town Office Building, Lexington. Members present were Commissioners,Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman; Philip B. Parsons, Secretary; George E. Graves= Max H. Straw; and Associate Commissioners George W. Emery, Franklin C. Hudson, and C. Lawrence Whipple. The chair appointed George W. Emery to serve in place of Georgia H. Williams who was unable to be present. A hearing was held on the application of Gordon Optical Company for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to a sign on the window of the premises at 18~N+ Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Jaquith read the notice of the hearing and a letter from Sherman Shriber, Manager, requesting the hearing. Mr. Shriber discussed the type of sign that they were considering. After discussion, it was dew cided to adjourn this hearing at 8s1$ P.M. until 730 P.M. on February 25th when Mr. Shriber would submit photographs of the front of the building and revised scale drawings of the proposed sign. The chair appointed C. Lawrence Whipple to serve for him and Mr. Jaquith then withdrew at 820 P.M. It was moved, seconded, and VOTED that Mee. Straw serve as Chairman Pro Tem in the hearing of the Town of Lexington for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to changes in the archi- tectural features of the Town Office Building at 1575 Massachusetts Avenue and the erection of an addition to said building and also the erection of a brick screening wall therefor adjacent to Cary Hall at 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, which buildings are within the Battle Green District. Mr. Straw read the notice of the hearing and the letter requesting such a hearing. Mr. Walter C. O'Donnell, Special Assistant to the Board of Selectmen and a member of the Building Committee, presented three sets of plans for the brick screening wall and read a letter from the architect. It was stated that no electrical equipment will be required. After discussion re the condensing unit which is to be hidden by the 12" x 8'' screening brick wall and the changes in the Town Office Building, this hearing was adjourned at 9125 P.M. Also present at this hearing was Lee Whitman, a Town Meeting Member. Mr. Jaquith returned at 9s30 P.M. The chair introduced Don S. Greer, President, and Herbert M. Allen, First Vice President of the Harvard Trust Company, and E. T. Steffian and Peter Steffian, Architects for the Bank. The chair then designated Franklin C. Hudson to serve for him. Mr. Jaquith withdrew at 9135 P.M. It was moved, seconded, and VOTED that Mr. Straw serve as Chairman Pro Tem for this informal discussion regarding the type