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Leverett

Town of Leverett
9 Montague Road
Leverett, MA 01054
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Historical Commission meeting

Monday, September 22, 2025, 7:00 pm until 8:30 pm
Online only: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86125147556
A meeting of the Historical Commission

Meeting of Historical Commission

Members:

  • Edie Field, Honorary.
  • Ann Tweedy. 2026.
  • Carole Desanti, Member. 2026.
  • Eva Gibavic. 2026.
  • Susan Mareneck, Chair. 2026.
  • Anne Schuyler. 2027.
  • Susan Lynton. 2027.

See Minutes of this Meeting Final Agenda

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

    • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

    • No minutes to approve.

  2. CPA Letters of Support

    • LOS - FONLS request for CPA application 2025 - presentation of current plans

  3. Conditions Assessment of Leverett Cemeteries

    • Update - Update on putting together an RFP for using funds from last year's town meeting allocation to estimate costs associated with doing the needed repair work in three of Leverett's historic cemeteries.

  4. Oversight of Historical Assets

    • HPR - Update - HPR for stone features

    • Ironworks Mapping - Next steps in archaeological mapping at Heritage Park/Ironworks site.

    • Properties - Update on - Slarrow Sawmill (FONLS); Moore's Corner Schoolhouse (LHS); 'Heritage Park & Nature Trail'(FONLS/Town of Leverett); Field Tavern (private); Graves' Ironworks (Town of Leverett managed by FONLS as part of 'Heritage Park' conservation area); Field Library/Museum (Town of Leverett in partnership with LHS)

    • Archaeological sites - Issues Regarding Archaeological Sites in Leverett

    • CPA Annual Review - Details of the 2025 tour of CPA-funded sites.

  5. Embodied History - Timber Industry Program

    • Embodied History - Update on Timber Industry film and program. Embodied History topics?

  6. Historical Signage

    • Industrial History Markers - Update - Signage for Cave Hill, Federal Mill and Roaring Brook Mill

  7. Reports from Other Town Committees

    • Historical Commission rep on CPC - Discussion of role of Historical Commission representative on the Community Preservation Committee. Changes at the CPC.

  8. HC membership

    • Update - HC membership/role changes

  9. New Business

    • Public input - Topics brought to HC for future consideration

    • Society for Industrial Archaeology - Society for Industrial Archaeology - Sawmill River Industrial Corridor Tour April 2026 - date?

  10. Meeting Wrap-up

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.