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Home My WebLink About1975-02-05 • HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Wedtuaday, February 5. 1975. in Room G15, Town Office Building, Lexington. Present were Commiaaloners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman Georgia H. Williams, Secre- tarq: Thomas J. Holsbogi Donald J. Shaw= 3. Lawrence Whipple and Associate Commiaaionera Sarah P. Harkness and Oliver F. Hoapsr. A hearing was held at 8120 P. M. on the application of S~rwin-Williams Company with reapeat to the erection and display of signs on the building at 25 Waltham Street, xhioh is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and application. Don Grasso of The Square 93gn Co., who will erect the signs, submitted three scale drawings of the proposed rear sign and an advertiaeeunt showing what Sherrrin-Wil].iama proposes to use for signs throughout the country. Hs said that the company is changing thsi.r trademark to six aolore. The front sign would be 3' x 29' and the rear sign would be 2• x 15'. Mr. Grasso said that he had talked with the sign manafaa- turing oompargr headquarters in Columbus, Ohio and that the signs in 7wxington can be muds using only two colors, blue and white, They xvuld spread white letters aorasa a blue backboard with a white molding of about 1 1/2" aretnnd the sign whioh world be made of matte blue plastic. Cummings of Colambaa, Ohio is the fabricator of the signs. The letters would be 18-20" in height. He said that the molding is extruded alumirnme painted white with a seadgloss finish. The sign would be flat on the Ease of the building. Abort 1 1/2" of blue would show at each end of the sign. The baakboard is 3/16" plastic with interlocking seams. 12" high letters are proposed for the rear sign. The molded letters are done when the backboard is molded and the letters would be raised about i/4". There xould be no interior lighting. Mr. Grasso said that they oar have the letters pro~sot out from 1/8" to 2" or 3" depend- ing on the depth of the out out letters placed under the clear pLatia form. This form is then heated, the letters sprayed white axd baks~.on. The blue is sprayed on the backboard and this is then heated. This would be a matte finish sign. The letters would be rounded letters.. Mr. Shaw and Mt. Holsbog both said that they wanted the "legs" remaved from the letters "L". Follow- ing discussion, it was decided that not more than 20• of the front sign should contain letters whioh should be centered horisontally and vertically acid that the letters should be not more than 18" in height. It was stated that there should be a blue border at both the top std bottom of the sign and that the "legs" should be omitted from the letters "L". The rear sign would be the same as the front sign except scaled down with letters not more than 12" in height. Mr. Hooper asked if we would gain aeathstically by shortening flat sign and Mrs. Harkness said that she feels we would on the frost sign bat that it does not make mush diSferenoe on the rear sign. Mr. Holsbog said that the rear sign is not that important but would be worth doing if it would im- prove the appeararioe of the sign. The hearing was adjourned at 9155 P.M. A hearing etas held at 10:00 P.M. on the application of Bernard P', and Jane C. Burke for a Certificate with respect to changes in flu sxbrior arohi- teatural Peatm~sa of the dwelling at SO Bloomfield Street, whioh is within the Munroe Tavern Diatriat. Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and application. Mr. Burke stated that they wish to enclose an open porch with casement winr- dogs. He said that there would be ~b~ro seta of Pour easement wirdonns on the side elevation and one set of four casement windaWa at the front and rear elevations. He submitted drawings of the proposed enclosures and photographs of the house. He $aid that they would install clapboards to match the existing • HIST~tIC DTSTRICT9 C~SSIOK -page 2 F®br~ry g, 19'15 ones on the house bslox the xindowa aril. a cornerbaard at the erd, said that there? is a aerttsrpost on the tong side which xould be between the txo sets of wirdcwa, Mr. Burke said that they rant all of the xitdoxa to open. H® said that the wirdowa xould be Anderson ther~apanr aassernt xindows, Mr. Burke said that theta is a fieldatormr foundation under the ea3atit~ open posh. l+frs, Harkness anggested that theg add a fifth xindoa at each end std tfir. Holsbog said that he fit that this xov7,d improve the a~ of the po:lth. Mr. Jaquith said that he agreed with the two architects xho setts on the Commission. Mr, Backe said that he would prefer to have Klydomr xith- aut mtmtins, Mr, Holsbag said that he xould agree to five wiffioetyt xithottt mnntins and Mr, Shaw said that he liked the idea of five windows instead of four at the ends of the porch, Mr. Burke said that the porch is about ig" above grannd level std 'that they xovld install about 3if" of clapboards painted xhits to match the eacis#.ietg clapboatrds on tare house. It was decided that five windows xithout mwttins xould be pref®rable at the front std sear elevat3ona oP the porch, The hearing was closed at i4t2g P.M, A het?ring xas held at id:30 P,M. on the application of The First Pariah IInitarian-1lniwrsaliat Church for a Certificate xith reapsot to the erection of a Wayside Pulpit on the premises at 7 Harrington Road, which is within the Battle Dreen District, Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and appliaa- tion. Mr, Hooper represented the Church and aubed.tted three sasle draxin~gs of the prapossd "Wayside Pulpit" xhiah is to replace one destroyed a font years ago, He atat~ that it would be erected in about the same location as the prsxious one bettraen the sidewalk and the left aide eieration of the Church as you lack at the Church from the ~tt1e dawn. Ths Pulpit xauld be of plywood std would bs painted whits. Tito inside xould have a black baala- grourd xith xhitw plaatia changeable letters. On Friday through SurJday the Oteiar of Serriae xovld be posted and different messages xould appear each week on Motday through Thursday. The sass of the letters xou].d vary depetx!- ityg an the length of the message, etc. The asv~er xentld be of pleacigLts aa~ unbreakable glass. There xould bs a sapper cap. The Pulpit would be '1'10" to tJts peak, The hearing was adfovrnad at IOi55 P,M, Mr. 3hax stated that he xould not bs available to attend meetings front about the middle of F®bruuy until. the end of Town Meeting, Mr, Reaper said ~ that he xould be axay for t~ atanth of March, An infornal meeting was bald with Herbert Eisenberg concerning t~ alter- atiat~ being dome on the dwelling at 22 Hanaook Street. Mr, Eisenberg acid that the Berglera xould like to omit the roof and aolmmti an the southerly slevatlon parch std that they xant to use a smaller xindow in the bathroons an the esootd floor.. Mrs. Harknsaa said that the small®r wirdox ntakea sore sense. The members of the Commission agreed that the above two changes would lee aaoeptable but that a formal hearing would have to be held follawittg re- ceipt of a formal application. Then Yol].otrod a diaoussion on the Aanaook-Glarke Hawse. It xaa atatad that the fontdation is mush higher than xhat was appramed arxi that bartldttg or aoete form of lardsaaping mould have to be done, Mr. ffiaenberg asked if it xanl8 be out o! cosier for the Cammiaaion to xrite and ask the Le~dngton His- torical Soaietg xhat try plan to do about landscaping for the b~uiI,dis~g, Zt woos decided that Mr, Jaquith xould xrite RoLnd Eixwl.ey abort landscaping for the Hones, + ~ • HISTORIC D23TRICT9 COM~Q39ION -page 3 February S, 1975 I~$'. Jaquith said that the Boaxd Of Sel~otmen haw notified Brigham'a that they Dan haw reeep~taoies autsids their store, Ada. Harkness salad that the grilles Deer tM aitedotn of the Libruy addition should b painted dark to mstah the aindess rather than xhite ahioh they haw ban painted. It xas stated that berating xoald b held on Mash Sth on tb applica- tions aP M17,dred F~. Whitney fa~a a pSaqua far her have at i415 Massachusetts Awttms t Walter H. and Carol 0. Berglsr for oh4nges ls>< the eae:teriar arohitee- tural features of the dwlling st 22 Hanooek streets and Depositor's Tract Company for changes in the exterior arohitsetura7. features of the building at 10 Depot Square. 2~. Jaquith said that Depositors Trust xish to replace the slate ahingleQ roof xith an asphalt shingled roof. It aaa ntgrved, seconded, and unrrimonsly VOTBD to issue a CertlSiette of Appropriatettpas to Bsremrd F. std Jars C. Burks xith respect to changes in the sodsting drreiling at 10 Bloomfield Street, xhioh is xithin the Monroe Tavern District. Participating in this decision sere Cossoti.ssionere Wilbur M. Jaquith, Qaorgia H. Williams, Thomas J. Hol$bog, Dona],d J. Shax~ and S. Laxretaee Whipple, 1~. Jaquith subsdtted a bill tram Barbara Gilson, Clerk, Por Jattnary 19?5 Par $140.05 ($5.80 for Pos'Caget $27.75 for hearings and sswtingst and i $115.50 for aUriaal sereiaes). It xaa moved, seconded, and unanimously VCT® to approve payetsnt of this bill, Mrs. Harkness discussed the Colonial Building abets the CV3 stars is to b loafed, She suggested that the backboard b run across the en~:+e store iroxit xith the Setters "C4S" centered, that tats glass trana~ b thst thraee clear glass xitxiaarra b installed i,nstsad of mntithnsd alaadors! std that sLts b installed blaa>i the xindars. Mr. Jaquith submitted Harr draxinga for the addition to the Haraoo3r- Clar~as House. The meeting sae ad5onrrsd at 12100 midnight, t yrf- r~a H. Williams Secretary I i I