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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMt~SSION
MINUTES OF A MEETING HELD ON FEB~tIIARY 4, 1970
The Historic Districts Commission held a meeting on Wednesday, Febru••
ary 4, 1970, at 7137 P.M. in the Selectmen`s Room, Town Office Building,
Lexington. Members present were Commissioners,Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman;
Philip B. Parsons, Secretary; George E. Graves= Max H. Straw; and Associate
Commissioners George W. Emery, Franklin C. Hudson, and C. Lawrence Whipple.
The chair appointed George W. Emery to serve in place of Georgia H.
Williams who was unable to be present.
A hearing was held on the application of Gordon Optical Company for
a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to a sign on the window of
the premises at 18~N+ Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the Battle Green
District. Mr. Jaquith read the notice of the hearing and a letter from
Sherman Shriber, Manager, requesting the hearing. Mr. Shriber discussed
the type of sign that they were considering. After discussion, it was dew
cided to adjourn this hearing at 8s1$ P.M. until 730 P.M. on February 25th
when Mr. Shriber would submit photographs of the front of the building and
revised scale drawings of the proposed sign.
The chair appointed C. Lawrence Whipple to serve for him and Mr.
Jaquith then withdrew at 820 P.M. It was moved, seconded, and VOTED that
Mee. Straw serve as Chairman Pro Tem in the hearing of the Town of Lexington
for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to changes in the archi-
tectural features of the Town Office Building at 1575 Massachusetts Avenue
and the erection of an addition to said building and also the erection of a
brick screening wall therefor adjacent to Cary Hall at 1605 Massachusetts
Avenue, which buildings are within the Battle Green District. Mr. Straw
read the notice of the hearing and the letter requesting such a hearing.
Mr. Walter C. O'Donnell, Special Assistant to the Board of Selectmen and a
member of the Building Committee, presented three sets of plans for the
brick screening wall and read a letter from the architect. It was stated
that no electrical equipment will be required. After discussion re the
condensing unit which is to be hidden by the 12" x 8'' screening brick wall
and the changes in the Town Office Building, this hearing was adjourned at
9125 P.M. Also present at this hearing was Lee Whitman, a Town Meeting
Member.
Mr. Jaquith returned at 9s30 P.M. The chair introduced Don S. Greer,
President, and Herbert M. Allen, First Vice President of the Harvard Trust
Company, and E. T. Steffian and Peter Steffian, Architects for the Bank.
The chair then designated Franklin C. Hudson to serve for him. Mr. Jaquith
withdrew at 9135 P.M. It was moved, seconded, and VOTED that Mr. Straw
serve as Chairman Pro Tem for this informal discussion regarding the type
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of building which will be most suitable for the Harvard Trust Company to
erect on its land at 1757-1767 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the
Battle Green District. After discussion, this meeting was adjourned at
10112 P.M. Another informal meeting was scheduled for 8100 P.M. on Febru-
25th when the architects will present sketches of one or more possible
buildings for further informal discussion.
Mr. Jaquith returned at 10x13 P.M. He presented a bill for $99.20
from Barbara Gilson, Clerk. It was moved' seconded, and VOTED to approve
payment of this bill.
The meeting was adjourned at 10118 P.M.
Philip B. Parsons
Secretary