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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 3, 1968
The Historic Districts Commission held an adjourned meeting on
Tuesday, December 3, 1968, at 7:45 P.M., in the Comptroller' s Office,
Town Office Building. Members present were Commissioners Wilbur M.
Jaquith, Chairman, Philip B. Parsons, Secretary, Ruth G. Bevan, George
E . Graves and Max H. Straw and Associate Commissioner George W. Emery.
An adjourned hearing was held at 7:45 P.M. on the application of
Shell Oil Company for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to
the erection and display of a free standing sign for the premises at
1095 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the East Village District.
The Chairman submitted to the Commission new scale drawings of the
proposed sign. Recommendations for simplification of the sign made by
Commission members were included in the new drawings . After discus-
sion, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED to
issue a Certificate to the applicant. The adjourned hearing was closed
at 9:15 P.M.
The Chairman read to the members the completed Certificate of
Appropriateness for Hancock Congregational Church which had been VOTED
at the adjourned meeting held on November 20, 1968. The Certificate
will be typed and processed.
The Chairman advised that there was not any current business,
but that the following applications were pending:
First Parish Church extension to 1/15/69
Gulf Oil Company extension to 1/1569
(name plate)
In preparation for photographs to be made of business sites and
signs within the Battle Green District, the Chairman and Associate
Member Emery will view the locations over the weekend.
A bill submitted by Clerk, Elizabeth M. Flynn in the amount of
$110.91 was presented and upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted to process the bill for payment.
The next meeting night was not scheduled at this time.
The adjourned meeting was adjourned at 9:50 P .M.
Philip B. Parsons
Secretary
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TOWN OF LEXION ,
111W
Massachusetts
02173
HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 1956, as amended, to
Shell Oil Company _.
with respect to the erection and display of a free standing sign, as set
forth below, for the premises at 1095 Massachusetts Avenue , which
is within the East Village District .
The sign is to be suspended from an arm extending southerly from a
tapered steel post located at the approximate center of the rear line
of the planting area which is in front of the pump island. The plan-
ting area is shown on drawing No. 1 bearing the legend "Elevation &
Plot Plan of Service Station, Maple St. and Mass . Ave ., Lexington,
Mass ." of a set of 5 scale drawings entitled "Shell Oil Company Eastern
Marketing Region", dated June 11, 1968, by C . Harry Erickson, Archi-
tect, submitted to the Commission at the hearing on June 12, 1968.
The sign is to be double-faced, each side to consist of a cast alumi-
num shell emblem anodized impgolC6115ing the legend "SFTF'LL" centered
on an emblem mounting panel painted a shade of red matching the color
sample submitted to the Commission at the adjourned hearing on Novem-
ber 13, 1968. Additional details of the design, layout, size and
style of the sign, letters, mountings and sign post, the height of
sign and sign post appear on or may be scaled from a scale drawing en-
titled "Free Standing Double-faced sign for Shell Oil Company Service
Station, Maple St . and Mass . Ave . , Lexington, Massachusetts", dated
Nov. 26, 1968, by C . Harry Erickson, Architect, submitted to the Com-
mission at the adjourned hearing on December 3, 1968. All exposed
woodwork of the sign except the emblem mounting panels is to be painted
white ; and the sign post, supporting arm, bracket and mountings are to
{ be painted black; and the ornamental ball at the top of the pole is to
be finished in goldpi-Aie
The issuance of this Certificate does not constitute evidence of com-
pliance with the Sign By-Law or any other By-Law of the Town of
Lexington.
HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
by
Date December 3, 1968
68 C-39 Wilbur M. Jaquith
Certificate No. CHAIRMA
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