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TOWN OF MANSFIELD
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Mansfield Historical Commission Minutes
for April 6, 1998 at 7:30 pm at Town Hall
Office at:
50 West Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
Present: Pat Cataloni, Jean Nordbeck, Gean Parks, Leslie Pasch and Kate Viens.
The Chairperson, Kate Viens, presided.
Lflyer on Community Forum on Historical Records
2. flyer on Bay State Historical League workshop
3. Historical Landscapes Preservation grant workshop notice
4. State Register of Historic Places, 1997 listings
5. Letter to Sun Chronicle from Kate Viens
Kate reported that the plans for the William Street Bridge are complete and the
structure will be very close to the original site. The sides will have a flagstone
look and the bridge will be made of steel with very close balustrades. The
embankments will have rocks in mesh baskets over which vegetation can grow.
The guard rails will be steel.
Kate is a member of the Train Station Advisory Committee which met on April
3. A request for proposal will go out on April 15 with the design being chosen by
June 30. Kate remarked that the GATRA and MBTA representatives were very
positive and the schedule of work will be progressing quickly. The Clemmey
Tank Building is still a possible site.
The minutes fiom the March 24 meeting were approved on a motion by
Gean, seconded by Pat. All in favor.
Leslie met with the Town Manager on April 2 to discuss the grant application
for the Fisher - Richardson House. Letters of support are forthcoming. A draft of
section 4 was presented and will be finalized at the April 20 meeting. Kate
announced that the house is now on the National Register of Historic Places. She
gave an interview to the Attleboro Sun Chronicle which credited the Mansfield
Historical Society. Kate wrote a letter to the editor correcting the error and Pat
spoke to the reporter.
Section 5 of the application for a grant for the Fisher- Richardson House was
completed. Kate will type the information and pass it to Leslie.
The next meeting will be Monday, April 20 at 7:30 pm at the Mansfield Public
Library.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
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Leslie A. Pasch
Secretary