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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held at 8:00 P.M.
on Wednesday, Mary 25, 1983, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office
Building, Lexington. Present xere Commissioners John L. Davies, Chair-
man; S. Lawrence Whipple, Secretary; John E. Ryan; Ann Wallace; and Asso-
ciate Commissioners Stephen B. Cripps and Linda J. McAulay.
At 8:05 P.M. Mr. Manfred P. Friedman requested a Certificate of
Appropriateness xith respect to installing blinds on the front of the
barn (nox used as apartments} at 469 Massachusetts Avenue. There xas
discussion of vir~yl louvered pattern blinds and blinds made of vertical
slats. The sense of the Commission xas that neither of these choices xas
preferable to no blinds at all. Wood louvered blinds xere discussed, and
it xas VOTED to approve the installation of white painted wood louvered
blinds on the front of the building, xith Mrs. Wallace voting against.
At 8:15 F.M. Mr. Ralph H. Hall appeared on behalf of S & A Realty
Trust to request permission to install natural aluminum combination storm
windoxs on the second floor of the building at 1656 Massachusetts Avenue,
He submitted specifications for the proposed windows from Shoemaker, Inc.
Mr. Hall prefers natural finish in order to match the existing first
floor xindows, and there xas discussion of the possibility of painting
the windows on both floors at a future date. It was VOTED to approve
natural aluminum windows at the second floor, in the expectation that at
a future date they will be painted to match the trim and siding.
At 8:30 Y.M. Mr. Paul C. Sidman appeared on behalf of the Versailles
Restaurant at 1777 Massachusetts Avenue to request an awning at the front
of the restaurant and a sign at the rear. The drawings furnished did not
contain sufficient information for Commission action, and it xas VOTED to
extend the matter until the next meeting.
At 8;55 P.M. Mr. Mark Moore, Jr. appeared on behalf of Moore Homes,
Inc. to request a free standing sign for the Liberties Medical Center at
35 Bedford Street. With him xere Drs. Weinberg and Richmond. The sign
will be in accordance xith the drawings submitted, and will be illuminated
by floodlights recessed in the ground. It xas noted that the Board of
Appeals had already approved the sign, and a temporary sign similar to
the permanent one xas already installed. It was VOTED to approve the sign
as presented, xith Mrs. Wallace abstaining.
At 9:I5 P.M. Ms. Patricia Brandes appeared on behalf of The Waldorf
School with res ect to the installation of replacement windows at The
Waldorf School former Adams School} at 739 Massachusetts Avenue. She
presented elevation drawings of the building shoxing xindox locations
and specifications for Graham series 475 double hung aluminum windows.
The front windows xill be typically "6 over 6" and the larger rear windows
"12 over 12". The windoxs on the westerly and northerly sides of the
building rill be fitted xith stainless steel mesh aluminum muntins, screw
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fastened to the frames, over insulating glass. Mr. Roland Gubische spoke
in favor of the proposal. It was VOTED to approve the windows as presented,
and that the color may be either "ivory" or "colonial white" as shown on
the Graham samples.
At g:35 P.M. Mr. David G. Williams of 1433 Massachusetts Avenue
appeared to request permission to change the roof at that address from a
deteriorated xhite to new GAF black asphalt shingles. It was VOTED to
approve that.
At approximately 9:20 P.M. Mr. Kirk Noyes, developer for the former
Muzzey School appeared to make an informal presentation of that project.
With him were architects Tony Platt, Nancy Goodwin, and Bruce Heil.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 P.M.
S. Lawrence Whipple
Secretary