HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Comm Minutes 6/25/2002Mansfield Historical Commission
June 25, 2002 Minutes
Present: David Loving, Gean Parks, Jean Nordbeck, Jennifer Davis
;raj)
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1. Minutes of May 28, 2002
Motion: To approve as submitted (Parks - Nordbeck) All in favor. PASSES
2. Copy of Bill Paid on June 5, 2002 Warrant— Verizon - $18.77
3. May Budget Report
4. Memo from Bea Kearney, Town Accountant re: Year -End Procedures
5. May 29, 2002 memo from Brona Simon, State Archaeologist requesting an
"archaeological survey be conducted to locate, identify, and evaluate any significant
archaeological deposits..."
6. June 4, 2002 e-mail from Eleanor McCarter re: FR House Update
7. June 7, 2002 memo from MHC to MBC requesting updates
8. Copy of June 10, 2002 e -mail from Ms. McCarter to James Bright requesting
information
9. June 11, 2002 e -mail from Ms. McCarter re: FR House Update
10. June 14, 2002 letter from Ms. McCarter to Mr. Bright re: Prevailing Wage Rates
11. Preservation Restriction Agreement for FR House, signed by Board of Selectmen
(6/19) and Mass Historic [The clause "subject to appropriation" has been added to
the Maintenance of Premises section]
12. June 19, 2002 letter from Mr. Bright to Mr. Cook re: Leaving floorboards
exposed in northwest room and attaching a 3 -foot high piece of plexiglass to the door
frame
13. Preservation Advocate newsletter
Mrs. rarKS nas spoxen wan Massrustortc regaramg beginning the process for having the
chapel listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The significance of the
cemetery and chapel must first be evaluated; the commission has received the forms with
which to do a preliminary inventory. That inventory is submitted to MassHistoric, which
decides whether the project is worthy of consideration. If so, they will send additional
forms to be completed and submitted for review, after which the project is submitted to
the National Register.
MassHistoric Preservation Planner Phil Bergen has suggested the commission should
evaluate the entire cemetery, because there would have to be a very significant reason to
include only the chapel building on the National Register.
There is already some information about Springbrook in the file. Mrs. Nordbeck will
contact the Springbrook Association for additional information, The commission will
work on the preliminary forms using this information at its next meeting, following
which an invitation will be sent to the Springbrook Association to attend the September
meeting,
at 8:00 P.M.
Date of next meeting: August 6, 2002 at 7:30 p.m.
Signature of Clerk
All in favor. PASSES
Date of'Approval