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• i o~ HIS'i"ORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Wednesday, Deceaber Y1~, 1977. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Towa Office Building, Lexington. Present were Commissioners Georgia H. Williams, Secretary; Roland B. Greeley; Amalie G. 5amoyleako; S. Lawrence Whipple; and Associate Commissioners Linda J. McAuley and John L. Davies. Mrs. Williams called the meeting to order at 8:05 P.M. and appointed Mrs. McAuley to serve for Commissioner John R. Packard who was unable to be present for the first part of the meeting. Upon motion made by Mrs. Samoylenko and seconded by Mr. Greeley, it was VOTED that S. Lawrence Whipple serve as Chairman Pro Ten. A hearing was held at 8si0 P.M. on the application of John.Dellaria for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to erection and display of a sign for the store at 5 Meriam Street which is within the Battle Green District. Stephen Haderski represented the applicant. Mr. Whipple read the legal notice and application. Mr. Haderski submitted three copies of a scale drawing of the proposed sign and a sample letter. Mr. Whipple asked how the letters were smoothed down and Mr. Haderski said by hand. The sign x111 bear the legend "John Dellaria Salon" in 10" capital Roman style capital letters and x111 be 13' in length - the fasciaboard is 20' long. Mr. Whipple asked if the applicant requested all capital letters and Mr. Haderski said that h® did. Mr. Khipple asked Mr. Haderski how he felt about all capitals versus capitals and lower case letters and Mr. Haderski said that he feels all capitals are all right and that some stores have all capitals, some have all lower case, and some have a combination of both capital and lower case letters. Mr. Whipple asked if there would be any staining from the existing sign and Mr. Haderski said that they would peg the holes and match the existing color so not staining. The hearing was closed at 8x20 P.M. It was moved, seconded, and unanimously VOTED to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to John Dellaria with respect to the erection and dis- play of a sign for the store at 5 Meriam Street, which is within the Battle Green District. Participating in this decision were Commissioners S. Lawrence Whipple, Georgia H. Williams, Roland B. Greeley, Amelia G. Smoyleako, and Associate Commissioner Linda J. McAuley. An informal meeting was held with Robert Snyder who is planning to purchase the Sanderson House. Mr. Snyder said that the immediate needs on the exterior of the house are to replace the wood roof shingles with wood roof shin les and to re lace the existin sh le and cla board si on g P g ~8 P ding the house. He stated that parts of the house have shingles and parts have clagboards and that they believe the house originally had clapboards. He said that they have discussed the history of the house with Lance A~lander who is a descendant of the original owner of the house and that Mr. Aslander feels that the house was built between 1714 and 1720. Mr. Snyder said that they intend to restore the house. He stated that the windows now there are not the original windows, and therefore they wish to change the windows. Mr. Whipple asked if they have restoration of the house in