Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Historical Commission Meeting

Wednesday, October 18 2023 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Monday, October 16 2023 at 9:29 AM

Agenda

Groton Historical Commission

October 18, 2023

Groton Town Hall

7:00 PM

 

Agenda:

  1. Call meeting to order.
  2. Review August, September minutes.
  3. Prescott House Updates (Aubrey Theall):
    1. 18 month demo delay clock continues to tick toward November 2024.
    2. Requested updated bids for a narrowed scope of RFP, documentation of house and history but no engineering work. Have not yet received a response.
    3. House is listed online at circaoldhouses.com as of last week. Have received about 10 inquiries, additional information (more photos, notes, conditions to requesting a showing) was provided.
    4. Prescott House FAQ's are with GHM, have followed up with Gary Shepherd several times but no movement.
  4. Preservation of Town Records/Possible CPA Funding (Bob DeGroot).
  5. Inventory of Historic Assets: (Michael Danti)
  6. Old Meetinghouse Updates: (Allen King)
  7. Historical Markers. (Michael LaTerz).  Summary application to be submitted this CPA funding cycle.
  8. Bancroft Castle (Joshua Vollmar). Summary application to be submitted this CPA funding cycle.
  9. Letter to Library Trustees regarding newspaper archives (Aubrey Theall). There has been some dialogue with Vanessa Abraham, have not received a response to the question regarding restoration of Groton's Turners Public Spirit archive.
  10. Groton Master Plan (Michael LaTerz).
  11. Historical plaque program (Michael LaTerz, Joshua Vollmar).
  12. Recruitment of additional commissioners (Aubrey Theall).
  13. Any topics not anticipated within 48 hours of the meeting
  14. New business
  15. Schedule next meeting

Adjourn

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.