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<br /> HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
<br /> A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Thursday,
<br /> August 1, 1974, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, Lex-
<br /> ington, Present were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman= Thomas J,
<br /> Holzbog; Donald J, Shaw; and Associate Commissioners Ruth B, Adams and
<br /> Amelia G, Samoylenko, Mrs, Adams was appointed to serve for Commissioner
<br /> Georgia H, Williams who was unable to be present and Mrs, Samoylenko was
<br /> appointed to serve for Commissioner S. Lawrence Whipple who was unable to
<br /> serve, Mr, Shaw moved that Mrs, Adams serve as Secretary Pro Tem, seconded
<br /> by Mrs, Samoylenko, and so VOTED,
<br /> A hearing was held at 7x40 P,M. on the application of the Lexington
<br /> Historical Society with respect to removal of the Hancock-Clarke House from
<br /> its present location at 35 Hancock Street across Hancock Street to 36 Hancock
<br /> Street and erection of the Hancock-Clarke House on a new foundation at 36
<br /> Hancock Street and the addition of a one anti one-half story wing on the build-
<br /> ing, Mr, Jaquith read the legal notices and application, Roland Greeley,
<br /> President of the Historical Society, and Charles Cole, Architect, represented
<br /> the applicant, Also present were S, Lawrence Whipple, Vincent E, and Lillian
<br /> C. Giuliano of 33 Hancock Street, and Robert R. and Hannah W. Batchelder of
<br /> 3 Hancock Avenue, Mr, Jaquith stated that the application consists of three
<br /> parts; two under one notice and the thixtii under the second notice, The first
<br /> notice is concerned with the Permit for Removal from 35 to 36 Hancock Street,
<br /> the erection of the House on a new foundation, and the erection of the one
<br /> and one-half story wing, The second notice is concerned with the install~-
<br /> tion of a new door on the vault at 35 Hancock Street, Mr, Jaquith stated
<br /> that the Society has been granted a variance by the Board of Appeals to per-
<br /> mit moving and erecting of the House on the premises at 36 Hancock Street.
<br /> Mr, Greeley then stated that this imrolves one building only and that the
<br /> proposal is to move the Hancock-Clarke House from its 1896 site back to its
<br /> location in 1775. He said that there would not be a great deal of site loca-
<br /> tion work as the original site was determined quite closely in the "digs"
<br /> done in the 1960's, He stated that the earliest information regarding the
<br /> House is a painting dating to some time after early 1800 which shows two
<br /> sheds attached to the house, He said that the Society needs additional space
<br /> to serve as a reception area to accommodate visitors to the House, The
<br /> Society proposes to build a wing on the relocated House identical on the
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<br /> Hancock Street elevation t t 11 and ban o n t a r m do
<br /> painting. On the rear elevation of this wing one shed would be twice the
<br /> size of the other shed, Mr, Greeley stated that the building was moved in
<br /> 1896 as the owner of the property wanted it moved off her land, He said that
<br /> the Historical Society bought land across Hancock Street and moved the House.
<br /> The property at 36 Hancock Street remained in the Brigham family until the
<br /> 1960's when it was willed to the Society with the thought that perhaps the
<br /> Society might want to move the House back to its original site although this
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<br /> was not specifically required in the will of Mrs, Hrigham's granddaughter,
<br /> He said that the original section was built in 1698, an addition was made in
<br /> 1734, and another addition was made in 1770. The House was occupied from
<br /> 1698 to about 1807 by the Rev, John Hancock and the Rev, Jonas Clark, Minis-
<br /> ters of the First Parish Church, Mr, Cole submitted plot plans and site
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