HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Comm Minutes 4/25/1995MANSFIELD HISTORICAL COMMISSION
TOWN OF MANSFIELD
MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 02048
MINUTES
Tuesday, April 25, 1995
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The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. Present were David
Loving, Pat Cataloni, Kate Viens, Geanine Parks, and Jean
Nordbeck.
The March minutes were approved. The following correspondence
was reviewed:
1. Cultural Council May Day celebration notice
2. Parks & Recreation fishing derby registration
3. Planning Board notice of public hearing May 17, 1995
4. Municipal Building Committee memo - election results
5. MBC capital plan school projects' timeline
6. Town manager memo - continuance of town meeting
7. Board of Selectmen invitation to chairmen's meeting
8. Gift account statement
9. Bay State Historical League letter - no funding
10. County Convention & Visitors' Bureau brochure notice
11. Preservation Worcester house tour brochure
12. HMI preservation awards dinner invitation
Kate reported on the Fisher- Richardson House: Lois Thomas was
audio -taped by Claire Dempsey when she brought _a group of BU
students to the house. The grant application will be re-
submitted in June.
There was no new information to report on the Soldiers' Memorial
Library Building.
Parks and Recreation restoration
St. cemetery was held recently,
May.
project: a clean -up of the West
and workshops will be held in
A discussion on cemeteries was held. More research will be done
in June in the Jewell St. Cemetery (Mormon Cemetery).
Jameson property: Kate walked the property with the builder and
Mr. David Brown. No evidence was found of any gravesites.
A meeting was held on April 18th with the Historical Society, and
plans were made for the group from BU to come to the Fisher -
Richardson House on Friday April 21st.
April 25, 1995
Mansfield Historical Commission
Meeting minutes, cont'd...
George Yelle donated some copies of materials from the Historical
Society concerning the Mansfield Common and a list of books by
Mansfield authors. Town Manager William Williams gave the
commission a folder of pamphlets and other materials from
Mansfield's past, which was given to the town. The commission
decided to donate this to the library.
The meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.