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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-07-16 411 July 16, 1961: The Historic Districts Commission met at 7x30 P. M. on Thursday, July 16, 1964, in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building. Present were Wilbur M. Jaquith, Philip B. Parsons, Secretary, Ruth Bevan and George E. Graves. The chairman Donald R. Grant being absent from the meeting, Wilbur M. Jaquith was unanimously elected Chairman Pro Tempore. The purpose of the meeting was an informal meeting with 'Ir. Lester N. Lechter, who presented exterior views for the proposed building to be erected on the parcel of land known as the Central Block on Massachusetts Avenue. Hearing was held at 8:15 P. M. on the application of First Parish Church (Unitarian) for a Certificate of Appropriateness for changing the location of an existing building, for the erection of fencing and for the construction of certain parking and other bituminous concrete areas in the rear of the premises at Nos. 1 and 7 Harrington Road, which is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Donald R. Grant, Chairman, was present for the remainder of the meeting and read the letter of application received from Mr. Carl Blake, Chairman of the garish Committee. mr. Blake submitted a number of phorographs for study by the commission as well as plot plans. Various questions were asked Mr. Blake by members of the commission. Also present at the hearing was Mr. John Sampson,8 Bedford Street, who described the white picket fence proposed at the rear of his property and the church property. The hearing was adjourned at 8:45 P. M. Also present at the meeting were the following members of the Public Facilities in the Battle Green Committee: Mrs. Ruth Morey, Leslie York and C. Harry Erickson, Architect. Mr. Erickson showed a scaled drawing of the proposed building to be erected near Buckman Tavern and a plot plan of the area. It was stated that an application would be submitted at a later date. Mr. I. W. Douglas, Trustee, of Lexington Plaza Trust, also appeared before the commission and presented the commission with a drawing of the proposed buildings to be erected on Bedford Street at Worthen Road. Mr. Douglas stated that he planned to submit an application in the near future. The meeting was adjourned at at 11:15 P. M. ip B. arsons Secretary CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS •, This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts1956, as amended, to The First Parish Church (Unitarian) with respect to the following items to be constructed on the promisee owned by the church and fronting on Barrington Road and Bedford Street, which is within the Battle Green District. 1. For the replacement of the wire mesh fencing along the Bedford Street boundary of the parsonage property of approximately the sane style as is presently located along said frontage, the sale to be between four and five feet in height. 2. For the erection of a white picket fence between four and five feet in height running in a general westerly direction from Bedford Street along the rear boundary of the parsonage property and then turning and running northwesterly along the rear boundary line of the Sampson property and along the rear boundary lines of such other abettors whose properties face on Bedford Street as the church may desire. 3. For the erection of new fences in the locations shown in blue on the sketch submitted to the commission with the application, such felcee to be of the saw style as that described in paragraph (1) above. h. For the replacement of the existing fences in the locations shown in red appearing on the aforementioned sketch along the sideline boundaries of the parcel on which the church building itself is located, such fences to be of the same style described in paragraph (1) hereof. 5. For the installation of a black top surface on the area cross hatched in brown onthe aforementioned sketch and on the driveway to be constructed in to the Niles property. Traffic directional markers may be painted in white or green on said black top sirfacas, but no other lines are to be painted thereon. This certificate is issued upon the expressed condition that the applicant aid its successors in interest shall install and maintain along the common boundary line between the property of the applicant and the Old Burying Ground a planting strip approximately four feet in w idth which will at all times be planted with evergreens of a height at least equal that of the aforementioned fences. HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION by (Signed) Donald B. Grant 1'hairman Date July 20, 1961 Certificate No. 133 The applicant is also given permission to remove the children's playhouse now located in the rear of the church building to the approximate located marked "Playhouse" on the afore- mentioned sketch. As the area in which the applicant wishes to cover with black top inthe vicinity of the location marked "Playhouse" on the aforementioned sketch is not visible from any public street or way, the commission takes no action with respect to that feature of the application for the reason that no approval is required by the commission.