Historical Commission meeting

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Monday, August 12, 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm
Annual CPA HPR Monitoring. Meet at Town Hall 6pm.
A meeting of the Historical Commission

Meeting of Historical Commission

Members: (Quorum)

• Absent: Edie Field, Honorary
• Absent: Ann Tweedy
• Absent: Sara Robinson
• Absent: Eva Gibavic
• Present: Susan Mareneck, Chair, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Carole Desanti, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Susan Lynton, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Anne Schuyler, at 6:30 PM

Also Present:

• Mitch Mulholland LCA

See original Agenda * * * DRAFT Meeting Minutes * * *

Meeting opened: 6:00 PM

Meeting closed: 8:45 PM

0. Meeting Preliminaries

   • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

   • Approve Minutes: Mon, Jun 10 - Historical Commission Meeting

1. Review and document CPA-funded properties

   • CPA yearly Historic Assets Review - Town Hall - 6pm; Field Library Museum - 6:20pm; LCA - Beaman/Marvell Box Shop - 6:45pm; Town Garage - 7pm; Rattlesnake Gutter Tomb - 7:30pm; Slarrow Sawmill - 7:50pm; Moore's Corner Schoolhouse - 8:20pm; Review FONLS MA250 Letter of Support; Plan Embodied History event at Library, 9/14/24, 1-3pm

     General Discussion...
     HC members toured:
     Town Hall
     Field Library/Museum
     LCA - Beaman/Marvell Box Shop
     Old Town Highway Garage
     Slarrow Sawmill
     Moore's Corner Schoolhouse
     
     Reports and photos will be posted.
     
     At the Moore's Croner Schoolhouse, HC members approved the draft Letter of Support for a grant application by Friends of the North Leverett Sawmill to the MASS250 initiative of the MA Office of Travel & Tourism to do a reenactment of Capt. Joseph Slarrow and Maj. Richard Montague at the North Leverett Sawmill with the addition of a sentence about its educational potential.
     
     Walk-through the 3 designated Leverett cemeteries - North, Moore's Corner and Chestnut Hill/Mount Hope - would be best scheduled on a Saturday in September.
     
     An inquiry will be made of additional experts for gravestone restoration. Susan will investigate a suggestion made by Ann Tweedy of a firm in New Hampshire.
     
     The RI Preservation Trust Foundation may provide a model for preserving Leverett's historic cemeteries. Carole will explore.

     1. LHC_FONLS-MOTTdraft-2_8-12-24.docx

2. Letter of Support - FONLS MA250 application

3. Embodied History - Howard Brothers' Charcoal Industry in Leverett - video premiere

4. Meeting Wrap-up

   • Next Meetings:
     1. Mon, Sep 9, at 7:00 PM "Historical Commission Meeting" -- Annual CPA HPR Monitoring. Meet at Town Hall 6pm.
     2. Mon, Oct 21, at 7:00 PM "Historical Commission Meeting" -- Annual CPA HPR Monitoring. Meet at Town Hall 6pm.
     3. Mon, Nov 18, at 7:00 PM "Historical Commission Meeting" -- Annual CPA HPR Monitoring. Meet at Town Hall 6pm.
     4. Mon, Dec 9, at 7:00 PM "Historical Commission Meeting" -- Annual CPA HPR Monitoring. Meet at Town Hall 6pm.
   • Published! Meeting Closed at 8:45 PM.

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.

Minutes prepared by sm