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• HISTORIC DISTRICTS COM!'aSSION A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held at 7x45 P.M. on Wednesday, April 25, 1973, in the Selectmsn"a Meeting Room,.. Taim Office Building, Lexington. Present were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chair" many George E. Gravest' Donald J. Shaw= and Associate Commissioner 9. Lawrence Whipple. Mr. Whipple was appointed to serve for Commissioner Philip B. Parsons who was unable to be present. Mr. Whipple moved and Mr. Graves seconded the motion that Donald J. Shaw serve as 3eeretary Pro Tem. so VOTED. A hearing was bald at 7:50 P.M. on the application of Elisabeth Flemings, Mary McKenney, and Adele Wisotsky for a Certificate of Appro- priateness with respect to the erection and display of a sign for the store at 7A Meriam Street, which is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and application and adjourned the hearing at 7,53 P.M. until Wednesday, May 2, 1973, for lack of a quorum. It was stated that this store was the last one on the'Meriam Street side ,of the Central Hlock and would be "Books on the Green inc." Mrs. Flemings submitted three scale drawings of the proposed sign which world have letters matching in Style, design, sire, and color those on the building. Hrs. Flemings was asked to discuss the use of the word "inc." with her attorney. The meeting was ad- 3ourned at 810 P.M. The hearing on May 2, 1973 x117. be at 7s45 P.M. A hearing was held at 8r 15 P.M. on the application of Frederic I. Day, Jr. and Gardner Ertman for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to the erection and display of a sign for the office at 8 Wallis Court. Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and application and ad~onrned the hearing at 8x17 P.M. until Wednesday, May 2, 1973s due to a lack of a quorum. Mr. Ertman submitted three scale drawings of the proposed sign xhioh would be hung on a 2'~ x 1 1/2• bracket perpendicular to the building. The sign is to be of dark mahogany with carved letters 2 1/2" high with an orangeWred logo j in the center, The sign would be 3/4" or possibly thicker, solid panels one faced sign, and by the end door of the building. The sign xould be hung from the top of the bracket so would not be a fixed sign. The meeting was adjourned at 8y45 P.M. The hearing on May 2, 19p'3 will be at 8100 P.M. Mr. Jaquith submitted a drawing of the Stier7.i~Berman sign which is not as approved in the Certificate of Appropriateness so he will contact Mrs. Berman about this. Mr. Jaquith stated that he had written 3cribner~'s Market that he had observed that their sign had been removed and that this sign could not be replaced without a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Commission. Color changes for the house at 955 Massaohusetta Avenue, which is withM in the East Village District, were submitted and the Clerk was requested to ask Mr. Johnson to appear at the May 2nd meeting and to submit other shades of white acceptable to them. Mr, Jaquith requested the members of the Commission to meet at the Library Parking lot at 7100 P.M. on May 2nd.