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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held
on June 4, 1980 at 8s00 P.M. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room,
Town Office Building, Lexington. Present were Commissioners
John Ry Packard, Chairman, Roland Greeley, Ann Wallace, and
S. Lawrence Whipple; and Associate Commissioner Richard
Morehouse.
The meeting was called to order at Ss00 P.M. and the
chairman noted that the first hearing concerning a sign re-
quested by the Grey Nuns' Provisional Administration for
their property at Massachusetts Avenue and Pelham Road had
been cancelled, because the Board of Appeals had denied per-
mission for the sign.
The Assemblies of God Christian Center failed to appear
at 8s15 P.M. for their hearing concerning a sign for the
Munroe School (1403 Massachusetts Avenue). It was VOTED to
continue the hearing until June 18 and so to advise the appli-
cant.
At 8s30 P. M. the Shawmut County Bank N.A. presented
plans for an automated teller in the existing walk-up window
on the Muzzey Street side of the Bank. After an extended
discussion it was VOTED 3-2 to approve the application, with
the substitution of "warm" colors in certain areas, to be
specified in the certificate of approval. Mr. Whipple dis-
sented because he did not approve the glass panel for the
existing porch, and the Chairman dissented because he thought
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the open-air installation of automated tellers should be dis-
couraged not only on aesthetic grounds but also because it
set a bad precedent.
At 9:15 P. M. Mr. Gerald M. Gilbert. the new owner of
Snack Time at 1734 Massachusetts Avenue presented plans for a
sign. The Commission denied an application for a sign by the
previous owner because his plan did not include removal of
the red panels on the facade. Mr. Gilbert agreed to remove
these panels. After discussion, the Commission thought he
could use the existing sign board, cutting it down in size and
removing the decorative molding for a simpler one. The appli-
cant will return on June 18 with final plans, and samples of
the plexiglass letters he would like to use. It is expected
that the sign board will be painted white and that the letters
will be a dark red.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 P. M.
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