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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-08-28 .I • ~ ~ .1968 The I.exingtoaa Historic Districts Cc~mmiasion h~1d a seating on t~edneeday, August 26, 196$, is the Selectsaen~s ~taon~, To~nn Office 9uilding. Meenberr present were Commisafon®rs Wilbur f[. Jaquith, Chairman, George B. Graves and Nlaz S. Straw and Associate Gonmtis~« rioners C•rl P:. Bryant and 4eorge w. Lmery. In the absence oP Seers- tart' Philip B. Parsons, upon motion duly made and seconded, it war uaanin?ausly VCR`RD that Cosm~issioner c3sorga L~. Graves serve as Secre- t cry Pro Te~rpore . Hearing waa held at 7x30 P.~f. on the application oP Rowe Chevrolet, Iao. Por a Certificate at Appropriatenessadth respect to a change in lighting fixtures Por the premises at 33 Bedford Street, Por a Certi` Pirate oP Appropriateness w ith respset to the erection and display oP a sign Por the erailHing at 33 Bedford Street and Por a Certifi©ate oP Appropriateness ttl.th respect to the erecticri and display of a alga Por the prs~issa at 39 Bedford Strsot, which is within the Hattls t~reea District. llr. 4~sorge E. Rags, sr. and itr. E~eorge E. Rome, Jr. ap- pearad and prsBersted scsalr drawings of the proposed sigaa, a Plot Plan showing the locations of lighting pales and standards, .photographs of the proposed locatir~ns oP the signs and the present locations oP said poles and standards sad a braohure sad actual sample oP the lighting fixtures to be installed. Qpon motion duly made sad recoadsd, its war unanimously VaTBL1 to issue tv the applicant the re Cartiticatss of Appropriateness requested. Ra other persanr having appeared, the hearing was claseQ at Bt35 P•~. Adjourned hearing was held at 96,35 P.it. an t•~.~, application of Robert 0. Till~ bast. 0t~iginal hearing an the application was bald on Ntarch 29, 1468. 11r. Tillinghast appeared and pa~essnted' scale drawings of the proposed dselli~~g at po. X73 1~assachuaetts Avenue and' also soale drawirsgr oP a propassd fourth rtructura cn the property. tTpon request by Chair~aan Jaquith Mr. Tillinghast eubmittsd a letter oP extension to Woveffiber 15. 196 to the Comeisrion. Ra other psrroar having appeared, the ad~aurnsd hearing was. ad,ourned at 10s00 P.1l. The next nteetiug night. is roheduled for wedne~day, septembsr 4, 1966, in the Selectmen~s Re~oa, Town Office Building to cc~sider the application of Robert Tillinghast with r sapset to the srectioxx oP a new dwelling at loo. $'~3 Maseachusstts Avenue, whioh it within the fast Pillage District. The meeting war adlourasd at 11115 P.D[. tiearge E. (!raver Secretary, Pro Tempore Due to the inability of Commissioners Ruth G. Bevan and Philip B. Parsons to act on the petition of Rowe Chevrolet, Inc. the chair designates Associates Carl E. Bryant and George W. Emery to serve in this action. Wilbur M. Jaquith Chairman August 28, 1968 Date dt~ ~ ~ - A ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ S TQWN OF LEXING~ON p.~= N,M r ~~rf' • f ~ ~ M~rac'hurettr "'j s, y,gny, a ~ p ~ 02173 i _ ~ ~ - , ' ~ ~ _ ..MG HISTORIC DISTRICT5 COMMISSIQN' . s - .4 ,4 { a 4u~''" ~ ~k ~ • " ~ i CERTIFICATE OP APPROPRIATENESS ~ ' z r' > w •d This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 1956, as amended;, to r , :,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,,.Rowe Chevrolet, Inc. r° ` » ,:wish respect co changes in the exterior lighting fixtures, as set forth ;'below, for the premises at 33 Bedford Street, which is within the "~.:P~ttle Green District. _ r ~>,'The 'changes in lighting fixtures consist of replacing all exterior ,`:;r Mixtures presently installed on poles in the yard areas and on the ~'~~oof and parapet of the northwesterly aid rear elevat#ons of the, a~ .°<building with new quartz-flood Y1ood13~ght fixtures as follows3 { 1. 'here are to be installed on the two existing poles rt4;. at~the front corners of tY;e premises, the~'pole fo3c ` ~ the free standing si$gn approved under Certificate. of Appropz~iateness No. 68 C-15, the pole on said premises 'J in the res~r of the property at 39 Bedford Street and. ` the three s,tanda~ds on the roof and parapet of the. t s~~_. . northwesterly elevation of the building on said premises light fixtures of 1500 watts each. Singly fixtures, ' "r~fifi , . are to be installed on each of the aforesaid pates .arid - standards except that the pole in the rear of the pro- ' I party at 39 Bedford Street is to have two of said ° ~ =;T ~ fixtures. x~_ da ds n t e o be installed on two stan r o over , 2 Ter are h t . . 3~ high erected on the parapet of the rear elevation,` ~ ,c of the building single qug_rtz-flood floodlight fixtures of 500 watts each. r r ` '~r~~'he locations of the aforesaid lights are to be as shown on drawing a=`su'bmitted to the Commission at the heaaring on August 28, 196$}„the 'x ~~'dblq change.. in. location of th® poles and standards from tha sxi;sting "t; poles and standards being the two standards on the rear ele~7ati:on` of $ r p d ' r" ^`~,n the building. A~.1. light fixtures are to have single tube quartz lights with. clear ~ ~ ~ ' ,.~~:ens and are to be of the type a sample of which was shown tc. the:' Ce~n-.. ~,.s~sion at the hearing and which are further described in the . c~t~ °`3.ogue submitted at the hearing. ~ , ' ~ ~ , ;c ~ ht uh ~R ~R' s. _ ~'~A . ~ , t. s~4 4 y~l t ~ n,~~,:t ~ F' a tt~~~~~ ; n Hh.f 6004 ~ F~'x*µ •r ' w ~®4WK ~ ~Y X 1 ~.v y i + 4 4 - '~'~'iVT DF LEXING~N ~ ~ r l~'fi .aI~VrWN'4/J~r~'J / Y ~ ~i L~ n ~ ` I..t V" .r ~ 173 a .i w ' ~ ' HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMIVIISSIOI~ r , ; , ~ ` .i s~, Certificate of Appropri~.teneas--Rowe Chevrolet, Inc.--Page 2 ~s ~ ' The face dimensions of the 1500 watt fixtures are approxim~telg ~a°, :10'! x 17 3/g" and the face dimensions of the 500 watt fixtures ~.re ~Fa ~ppro~imately 10't x 12". ti~~~..: .,A31' light fixtures are to be of cast s~lum3.num left in its natural. y~,'~st~te and are to be mounted on the top of the poles and st~.ndard~. .The pard poles are to be painted white and the standards on th®"~ elevations of the building are to be pafi~nted an alumir,~am colar to v ~ =m.ateh the fixtures . CCU` ~ Q~ ~ Eo ~y.~t . ~8~S n a~ 4Kf ~ ' y+,y 9 (6 H4 iY Y ~i t r ~ Yi ""'"w ' HISTORIC AISTRICTS COId~,IISSIOS~T s r sy ~ 191ilbur hi. Jaquith ,~~w ~ Chairman ~ ' v~ ~ + E r ~ ~ h ti k .v. +Y I; ~vY4 ,}'IRLB AKAM1+.ast ,1J. 17~+V ~ t q~~~ 'Certificate No. 68 C-28 ~ `sk ~ ~ ~ r Gt ` ~ , ~ 1 V ~ e~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ j3 T T t ' lYx~ a/ ~ i * A .4.,.. ~ . S~; S ` i £ i ~ r / ~ ~ - ~ . s y }a £ T ~ _ ~ L ~ ~ ~ 5 1 ~ ' 3 P ~ Y.. ' ~ _ ~ xi h ~r,^r TO~NN OF LEXING~N a ;m~~ ~ Mar~achuy'ettr r ~ } 02173 ; tV• ~ ~ •INO'•~ HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION v . ~ q CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 195G, as amended, _to r ' Rowe Chevrolet, Inc. x g wirhrespectto the erection and disphy of sign, as set forth below, for the building at 33 Bedford Street, which is within the Battle .:Green I?istrict. x Ths aign is to be loc~.ted'on the front elevation of t~ buildings`' above the sYiowroom windows and is to be,; centered on sa'd elevation ~ µ ?:and is to bear the legend °PRowe Chevrolet, Inc.". The lower por- 3,, tion of, the sign is to cover the existaing corrugated aluminum facQ s `=plate presently affixed above the windows of the elevation. Tha N~ dimensions, style, layout and type of lettering appear,. on or maybe 'scaled from a c~,le drawing dated A.ug. 268 by Newton-Idormai~I Co.,,' k Inc. submitted to the Commission at the hesaring. The letters are to be of black rounded plastic fastened flush to the t<a meta3 face sign backboard which is to be finished in a non-gloss 'white color. ,`,'The sign is to be lighted by the single quartz-flood floodlight mounted on the pole for the free standing sign in the center froaat of the premises, the installsltion for the fixture for said flood- "light having been approved under Certificate of Appropriateness , ~ Pdo. b8 C-28 issued oncurrently with this Certificate. ` . ' k' ~ t, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ?a! ~ ~ :4 u ° d. h ~R ~ a HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION by ~ F~ fy ;.Hare . August 31, 1968 68 C-29. 'Juilbur hZ. Jaquith " I`y • „ ,Cenificate No i CHAIRMAN ,i ~ 9 XP•1b Y64 ~ 4 i .6 v.-.n P „n rvT,Y~'. n ii TOWN OF LEXINGTON p J5 Mns~~"~ o Marrachurettr i ~ .m ~x 02173 s 3~~ ~a^. `Fx~~;;~~;,' HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION i CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 1956, as amended, to wichrespecc co t'ne erect i >>r? v-r_d di s~1e~= n' a. si n, r. s set ford? belova, for tr~e 7ortion of trig emitting building o.t 39 '_'edford ;street remain- 's in; aftErr cie,.ol:i_tin;:, of t':~e -::°'ror~t _F?artion of said rJ~?.llding, permis- Sj.Ori f'Or 'vV'!iC"i ra.TlGlitJ.J~i of :"£~.ld ;~02't1011 }i€.Vin~ ~~F,eTr iSuLled by the ~iOr~~SflsSluri U'"l(1er perYl7t i0. 6L' 1'-(~, d','.teci !'L~ "t1w't f~', 19~fi, ~"J11iC11 18 within file ~3~r,t1e C?rEOn ~istri^t. V `Pbe sl.,;n to ~:e execi;er ~ s tt~e ex.i_stin"~' sign l;e:s.rin~ the legend I~Rowe Chevrc,let, I,~iC." now .,1:;1~*:llec9. Grp i~':~.e front elev~~tion of the present., buil.di.;,tr ~-'t'3'~ 3~~:if'orcx ;.tree'i;. 'L't-ic; 9i.,-;r1 :~s tG be loc~~ted on the sout;rerl;l elE; v~{tion of s^.:id rer~a. i~. _n~; portion of t' e building ~tnd i8 ' t0 'v"e 1fiStLillCd [.'uOVry s_;,d CenterE~C. Gn ttil.e E,'erV:LCe Erltr~i'1CE: dOOrwaSt QP is said el.evs-.'~ior... t The style, l~~rout ~.nd t~rpe off' lettering appear on v~. photomr~ph sub- mitted to the Comrision ^.t tL.e he^>r•ing on :".u~,ust 28, 196. Th,e ai$n consists of ~ wood b~:clzbo~.rd vvith wood spindlas s~.t the ends and the_~'• letters ~_re of rounded bl~.ck plastic fastened flush to ti:e backboaric'I. a The issu~.nce of this rJertific~.te does not constitute evidence of k compli.?_nce v^ritll the ~igi~ :3y-Ls•.vv or an~r other ~y-Lav^r of the Town of ' • Lexinton. `r5. 'Y _ ~ ^ x 5Y Y .~~s @~. qy~~ .k `~k V11, S ~ Q ` F ~ ~ .i, } M Yq wS p?h P b ~ ~ ~ ' ~ n i ~ } P ~1 ^y ~ =i' 'sqc a s@, T P~`: " HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION ~ "t 'Y ~ F by ~ s ~ugus t 31, 1968 ~ ` t ~t" ' Dste ~ " w~{k x 68 C-30 '~~Jilbur v'I. J~.quith ~ ~„C~it1flCStE 1v0 . CHAIRMAN ~tE~ ~ ! ~y ° , , 't v MP-1596. ~ ~l t,~'4 a 4 Y