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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMt~[CSSIOIQ A meeting of the Historic Distrieta Come3.asion xaa held at 7~4$ P.M. on Wednesday, February 14, 197'3e ~ the 3electmen•a Meeting Room, Torn Of•- fice Building, 7.e~dngton. Present xere Comari.ssioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman= George E. Graves; Georgia S. Wnliams= and Associate Commission.? era S. Laxrenae Whipple and Royston T. Daley. Mr. Whipple xas appointed to serve for Commissioner Philip B. Parsons xho xaa unable to be present. Mr. Daley xas appointed to serve for Commissioner Donald J. 9hax xho ass unable to be present. Mrs. Williams xaa appointed Secretary Fro Tem. Mr. Jaquith stated that an application had been received from Rrneat A. Giroux for signs for the stores at $ and ? Meriam Street and that hear+ inga on these app].ioationa xould be scheduled for Me.roh 14th. A hearing xas held at 8t05 P.M. on the applications of Curve Treat, Robert O. TiLtinghaat xith reapeot to ehsngea in the existing building and for the creation and display of two signs an said building at 7070$ Massa chuaetts Avenue, xhioh is xithin the Rant Village Diatriot. 1~4. Jaquith stated that he ranted to ®mphasise the importance of this building in the history of Iaxi.ngton and said that it probably xaa the first brick building in the town. He read exoerpts from Vol. 4 of the Iwaington Historical Society Prooeedings of 1628 xhich stated that the atruotarre xaa bailt by Mr. Robbins. I4r. Whipple said thst there had been a member of oaoupanta and uses of the building and that it had been used as a poet office and as a general store as late as the 1920•a aril that there had been a library on the second floor. He said that the porch xas removed after 190$ and that i the front bay xindvw xas added in 1962. Mr. Jaquith read th® legal notices anti appLiaation for the hearings. PEr. Tillinghast submitted three scale draxings of the proposed changes to the exterier of the banding. .Also present xas Roland Gubiach of 627 Massachusetts Averme. Mr. Tillinghast explained that the changes xere on the scat elevation of the building and that mat of them aoneerned the ell. The overhead deer is to be replaced by ~e double hung xindoxa xith solid permanent rood mur?t3.ns with a xooden panel on the bottom. Anew concrete 2• x 2''8" platfora xith xrought iron handrail is to be installed in place of the existing platform. 4" xhite vinyl siding is to be installed over the concrete ell. A bleak shingled mansard roof x111 be installed on the east elevation of the ell to hide the flat roof and the gas cooled ai.r condensers .for air oonditioning xhich rill be installed on the flat roof. Nex doors x111 match in style, design, and Dolor the existing doors on the front elevation of the building but ~ea?.y have 9 or 12 lights of glass at the option of the oxner. Spotlights rill be recessed over each door. Mr. Gubisch said that this xonld be a definite improvement over the ead,sting easterly elevation. He s:id that he xas sour screed xith the mansard roof but said that it'xonld bs better than xhat is nor there. The parking area and driveway x111 be resarfaced. The flagpole rill be left xith a small floret bed area around it. Mr. Tillinghast subs muted three scale draxings of the txo signs being proposed one to read "B. TILLIIIGGEAST ~ RFAL E4TATE" and the other for one of his teneant. It xas suggested that Roman letters of !0" and 6" be Head. The hearing xas adjourned at 10x45 P.K. after several suggestions and requests for new draxings had been made. Mr. Tillinghast xas requested t<? meet xith the Commission on February 21st.