Historic Preservation Commission Minutes 2009 05 18

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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes May 18, 2009 Page 7 of 9 Whiteman asked for a vote on sensitive residential addition. The Commission voted fro 841 Lincoln Avenue (passed 5 to 0, Stewart recused due to previous involvement with the project). The Commission also unanimously (6 to 0) voted for OLl as the winner of the Preservation/Restoration category for a commercial building. Whiteman than asked for a vote on the choice for Preservation/Restoration in the residential category. Muth recommended that the Commission add 701 Garfield, 941 Garfield and 823 Garfield into this category. Muth asked what the Commission thought about including 1145 Main Street? Lewis thought it might be good to include 1145 Main because of the exposure it would provide and because there is so much development pressure on Main Street. Muckle asked if the Commission could nominate two structures? Whiteman recommended that they take a vote on two structures. Following a verbal vote, the Commission chose 823 Garfield Avenue and 1145 Main Street for Preservation/Restoration in the residential category. Whiteman then announced the adaptive reuse category and stated he would be voting for 921 Main Street. Stewart stated he felt the State Mercantile (801 Main Street) was a good example of preservation. He also stated that 921 Main Street might have had too many alterations. Following a verbal vote, the Commission chose 801 Main Street for Adaptive Reuse category. Whiteman introduced the Preservation of Historical Element category. Lewis stated that she would like to see the Silo chosen. The rest of the Commission stated they would like to see the Empire Sign because there have been numerous owners of the building and all of them have worked at retaining the sign in its place. A verbal vote was cast and the Commission unanimously approved the Empire Sign (6 to 0).