Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

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

Historical Commission Meeting

Wednesday, November 8 2023 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Monday, November 6 2023 at 11:58 AM

Agenda

Groton Historical Commission

November 8, 2023

Groton Town Hall - First Floor Meeting Room

7:00 PM

Agenda:

  1. Call meeting to order.
  2. Historical plaque program (Michael LaTerz, Joshua Vollmar).
  3. Review October minutes.
  4. Prescott House Updates (Aubrey Theall):
    1. 18 month demo delay clock continues to tick toward November 2024.
    2. Responses to limited RFP (documentation of the house).
    3. House is listed online at circaoldhouses.com and now Antique Homes magazine. Flurry of initial interest has slowed down.  Links to the online ads were distributed to the MA Historical Commission Listserv with a request for people to send them on to their network.
    4. Prescott House FAQ's, no edits yet from GHM. Plan to move forward with publishing.  Place on web page?
    5. Aubrey Theall spoke with Bob Garside, if Prescott House is moved electrical & plumbing must meet current code but framing does not assuming the structure is in "reasonable" condition.
  5. Preservation of Town Records/Possible CPA Funding (Bob DeGroot).
  6. Inventory of Historic Assets: (Michael Danti),
  7. Old Meetinghouse Updates: (Allen King).
  8. Historical Markers. (Michael LaTerz). 
  9. Bancroft Castle (Joshua Vollmar/Aubrey Theall).
  10. Library Trustees/Historical newspaper archives update (Aubrey Theall).
  11. Groton Master Plan (Michael LaTerz/Tom Horsman).
    1. Tom to aggregate accomplishments and items we hope to accomplish in the future.
    2. Should we hold a public hearing to get public input?
  12. Recruitment of additional commissioners (Aubrey Theall)
  13. Any topics not anticipated within 48 hours of the meeting (none)
  14. New business (none)
  15. Schedule next meeting.
  16. 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.