HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-12-09 December 9, 1953
The Historic Districts Commissions held a series or public hearings on Tuesda• evening,
December 7, 1953, in the Selectmen's Room, starting et ' 30 p m Siting on -ha
Commission were• Charles 3 Davis, Chairman, Philip B Parsons, Dexter A Smith,
Ed, in B Worthen, Jr , and Floyd J Taylor, Secretary
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MeNEIL Mr John MacNeil, represen-ing the MacNeil insurance Agency, was the
first petitioner heard, on his request for permission to erect a second sign on his building
at 19 Depot S cucre He wanted it so :,laced that people from lane Massachusetts Avenue
side of the bulking could see i• To' regulations permit no more than one exterior
sign, unless the secondary sign faces a street or ,arking area and is not more than 50 per
ceni the v lath of the sign on the store front In vie-v of le tact that he "alley" next
to the MacNeil building has, lust this past ✓eek, been given the name a Depot Placa,
there 'vas some =l uestion as 'o Nhich is the "front" a the buficing dna which is "side "
Mr MacNeil, in answer io suestions frorr the Commissioners, sta-ec that the ,proposed
sign would be mounted on a °card, as is the rincipal sign; that .ile same ty-:e lettering;
would be used, but the lepers would be painted directly onto, -c the wooc ant not on
metal and mounted The hearing ended CT 7.55 p m
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VOTED- The Commission voted unanimously to issua certifica o' appropriateness to
John F MacNeil For the erection or a sign rearing PInsurance at 19 Depo Square,
such sign to be approximately 1," higF The certificate is to be issued on the provision
that Cie applicant comply with all Town regulations, including the S°gn B'^-Law
ADORN SALON in adjourned hearing on the request of the Adorn Salon ro erect a
sign "Adorn Salon" on the Mass Avenue sine of their _;uarters at 15 Depot SRucre,
vas held ct . 10 p m Messrs. John Dtnero and Stephen Piazza representee the Salon,
The original hearing Arcs called for December 2, but no representatives appeared on that
dare No sketch n'as submitted, but the proposec sign, both gen'-le-nen allowec, ,vou!d
be for identification purposes only and should be similar -o :-Nose of the Min°u-e Man Pub-
Iicai ons and the MacNe°I Insurance Company The hearing adjourned at .25
VOTED- The Commission voted unanimous) to permit the 'Adorn Salon to erect and (As-
pic,/ a sign at 15 Depc- Square, to read simply "Adorn Salon " It shall be o". the same
height as the sign,reading "Insurance" at 19 Depot S�uare, enc the leitering shall be o
the same type ane general al-tensions as those on the "Insurance" sign Since no sketch
was submitted, the further provision was incorporated into the certificate tic: a scale
drawing of the sign must be submitted to amember of the Commission before the sign is
painted
GLADYS tv MOORS Mr Mark Moore represented his wiFe in she matrer of certain
- features of the sign and lighting at 1:,51 Massachusetts Avenue Mich were not in com-
pliance with the certi*°Cate of appropriateness voted at the Commission's meeting on
November 12. This hearing began at 9 p m Specifically it ms _Jointed out by the
Comer ission:
1 The certificate caller for a 'ood sign, and a metal one has bean erected
2 Black le-ters were approved; °hey have been outlines in white
The aesign o' the lights was to have been submitted for approval; it was not
submitted
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Mr Moore stated that the sign painter substitutea the metal without consulting
him, that he (the sign painter) didn't know that the Historic Districts' regulations were
involved, and he thought he was doing Mr Moore a favor by doing a "better" sign in
metal The lighting of McLeod's sign was not covered in the certificate, but the
light is there--apparently to no one's disadvantage Mr Moore left the hecr•ng room
at 9:25 p m (See paragraph below)
VOTE: The Commission voted unanimously to issue an amendment to the Certificate of
Appropriateness previously issued to Gladys M. Moore, datea November 13, 1958,
granting approval of a metal sign with black letters outlined in white It further directs
that within 30 days the background paint be extended to the top of the existing wood
cornice (to correspond with that of Ernest Giroux's storefront at 1.35 Massachusetrs
Avenue), as agreed to by the applicant, Mark Moore Mr Worthen ;o sign amended certificate
HANCOCK CHURCH At 9.45 p m. the Chairman of the Commission directed the
Secretary to read in full the recent court decision in respect of the Hancock Church
appeal, 'hich remanded the appeal to the Historic Districts Commission Mr Taylor
read the document to the Commission, which consisted of Charles G Davis, chairman,
Philip B Parsons, Dexter A Smith, and Edwin B Worthen, Jr A full discussion fol-
lowed the reading of this decision The next step, if appeal is made, is to the Supreme
Judicial Court, in which case new briefs would be filed by ecch party concerned
VOTE: It was moved by Mr Mr Smith, seconded, and unanimously voted that the case
be appealed, and that the Town Counsel be directed to appeal the judgment of the Court
in the case of the Hancock Congregational Church vs Charles G Davis, et al
A letter to Town Counsel, Harold Stevens, was then dictated to the clerk protem by the
chairman of the Commission
CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY In view of criticism of the front entrance to the remodeled
library on the part of several citizens, the secretary of the Commission was requester to
bring the original plans to the next meeting of the Commission in order that cetermination
could be made as to how the original proposals were put into effect
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:15 p m.
Muriel S Williams
Clerk protem
December 10, 1958
Note• The discussion with Mr Moore led to the suggestion by one member of the Com-
mission chat future certificates should be issued with the stipulation that no specifications
may be changed without the approval of the Commission