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Orleans Historical Commission Town Hall, 19 School Street, Orleans Ma 02643 16 AUG i 3: 44N AD ORLEANS TOWN CLERK ORLEANS HISTORICAL COMMISSION TOWN HALL, 19 SCHOOL STREET, ORLEANS MA 02643 MINUTES OF MEETING From: Ann Sinclair, Acting Chair 508- 255- 5371 Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Time: 4 PM Place: Town Hall, Skaket Room PRESENT ABSENT Bryant Besse Richard Besciak (alternate) Ron Petersen Dorothy Bowmer Lisa Fernandes ( alternate) Alan McClennen ( selectman) Sarah Baratholomew 1. Minutes of June 10, 2016 Ron Petersen moved to accept the minutes. Sarah Bartholomew seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED 2. Update from PAL/Ginny Adams Ginny Adams gave us an Interim Report for Phase one which is attached. She told us that there were 450 properties in Marcis but not a way to track which ones have been demolished. Ann Sinclair suggested we go through the minutes, but that will only tell us which ones have received demo permits, not which have been torn down. Lisa Fernandes offered to help. Because of the unevenness of the existing forms, priority should be given to the more historic buildings. That will help us have a framework on the more important buildings. Ginny Adams stated marcis. net works best in Foxfire or Google Chrome. Ron Petersen brought up whether the old saltworks and Revolutionary War sites should be added so that their context could be understood with the existing sites. She talked about the priority for Property selection. Town owned buildings ( 12) and cemeteries ( 3) are a priority. Geographically, the Nauset Heights area which has not been previously inventoried is a priority. Large tracts of land with buildings and buildings constructed before 1920 are a high priority for the survey. Properties inventoried between 1979 and 1990 and between 1990 and 1997wi11 be reviewed and assessed for their adequacy and photos. Further, properties with no existing inventory forms will be reviewed. See PAL' s Phase I Report for details. Ginny Adams will provide the Commission with a meeting report. 3. Demolition Requests There are several coming up -- 209 Main Street 29 Hensens Way 47 Monument Rd. MEETING ADJOURNED 5: 30PM. Ann Sinclair Seed t2A040-21.— Interim Report Orleans Community-Wide Public Archaeology Laboratory Historic Properties Survey Orleans, Massachusetts Phase I Methodology Statement Submitted to: July 7, 2016 PAL No. 3194 Town of Orleans Town Administrator' s Office 19 School Road Orleans, MA 02653 The Town ofOrleans( Town) and the Orleans Historical Commission( OHC) have engaged the Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL) to complete a community-wide historic properties survey. The project is funded by Community Preservation Coalition( CPC) funds. This Methodology Statement is prepared as part of Phase I project tasks. It focuses on the identification of historic resources available for the project and the development of the methodology. This report outlines survey objectives, criteria for selection, procedures, work products, expectations about the historic properties to be recorded, assessment of existing information, a working bibliography, and information on working and large-scale base maps. All project tasks and products will meet the MHC criteria, methodology, and current standards for community surveys. Virginia H. Adams, Senior Architectural Historian is responsible for overseeing the project, and the team consists of Quinn R. Stuart, Carolyn Barry, and Gretchen Pineo, Architectural Historians, and Melissa Andrade, Assistant Architectural Historian. The Town representative is George Meservey, Town Planner. On the OHC, the primary contacts are Ann Sinclair, Chairman, and Ron Petersen, member. 1. Survey Objectives The purpose ofthe project is to complete an intensive-level community-wide survey ofcultural and architectural resources in the Town. The goals of the survey project are to assess and document approximately 500 selected cultural and architectural resources, to identify contexts for National Register ofHistoric Places( National Register) evaluation, and to submit a list ofindividual properties and/ or districts that are recommended for nomination to the National Register to the Town and MHC. To date, the identification of significant cultural and architectural resources for the Town has taken place through previous community-wide surveys and National Register nominations. The Town' s goal for the present survey is to expand the current historic properties inventory to support better recognition and consideration of Orleans' s significant architectural and cultural resources. The survey results will also assist the Town in implementing its Demolition Delay bylaw adopted in 2005. 26 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 Tel: 401. 728 8780 Fax: 401. 728. 8784 www. palinc_com 7 Report Orleans Community-wide Historic Properties Survey Phase I Methodology Statement Jaevirar?+byst Wrt, page 2 of 13 r n 2. Criteria for Property Selection General: The criteria for selection of the approximately 500 properties to be included in the Orleans survey are derived from the Town' s RFP; discussion at the project startup meeting on May 26, 2016, among representatives of the Town, the OHC, and PAL; and additional information received following the meeting. The town and the OHC do not have a predetermined list ofthe 500 properties to be included in the survey; therefore, analysis and reconnaissance and assessment surveys will be needed to determine what properties will be addressed and what form the documentation will take. There are two categories of properties, those with existing inventory forms, and those currently without a form. Also see Section 5 below for further discussion ofexisting information. Geographic Area: The general geographic area under consideration is the entire town of Orleans. Within the town, the survey will primarily focus on selected locations along bodies of water—the coast and ponds—where development pressures are strong. The survey will take into account the named villages and neighborhoods in Orleans, especially those previously identified by the MHC MACRIS), which are Barley Neck-Ponchet, East Orleans, Namequot-Portnamequot, Namckaket, Nauset Beach-Nauset Heights, Orleans, Pochet, Rock Harbor, South Orleans, and Tonset-Weeset. Historic survey areas may be identified within the villages and neighborhoods. The OHC specifically noted Nauset Heights, which has notpreviously been surveyed andprovided a list of22 properties in that area, and move westward towardMain Street. Resource Types: Town-owned buildings and other resources such as cemeteries, are a priority for survey. Potentially Threatened Resources: Large tracts ofland of 80,000 square feet or more with buildings, which is a category considered to be at risk for subdivision, are a priority. Buildings constructed before 1920, which fall within the purview of the Town' s Demolition Delay Ordinance, have top priority, and any resources threatened by development are recognized as a high priority for survey. Construction Dates: The time frame for construction dates ofproperties in the survey will primarily be for properties built up to 1920, akey date cited in the town demolition delay ordinance. The survey will also address properties built up to 1966, the current 50-year cutoff date per MHC survey standards, although likely to a lesser degree. Properties with Existing Inventory Forms: Based on the initial Phase I review, ofthe 449 previously surveyed properties in MACRIS, slightly less than halfwere inventoried between 1979 and 1990 and slightly more than half were inventoried in 1990 and 1997. During Phase II, PAL will make a more detailed review of all the existing MHC Inventory forms for Orleans properties and areas to assess the adequacy of the existing inventory forms. The older forms are expected to have less information, and, therefore, may need a contemporary photograph to bring them to the present. Properties with No Existing Inventory Forms: A review ofthe town-wide GIS database for properties and dates shows there are: 472 properties before or in 1920, 262 properties between 1920 and 1944, 1; 257 properties between 1920 and 1966, and 1, 729 properties before 1966. Report Orleans Community-wide Historic Properties Survey rA` Phase I Methodology Statement iPek: .: 00, 11,} page 3 of 13 The 472 properties before or in 1920 correspond roughly to the number of previously surveyed properties, 449, in MACRIS. PAL suggests making the 262 buildings constructed between 1920 and 1944 a priority. The year 1944 is the date of a good historic USGS map and also the period before World War II. After the war, development grew exponentially. However, any mid-twentieth-century buildings of importance will be noted and included. To assist in selecting properties that have not previously been surveyed for the Phase III intensive survey, PAL will conduct a town-wide windshield reconnaissance survey that will be completed during Phase H. The windshield survey will be targeted to specific properties using the GIS- based mapping. This survey will use a ranking of A, B, or C for properties constructed before 1966 that have not been previously surveyed. A. Properties on the" A" list are properties, based on architecture, integrity, location, property type, and preliminary knowledge of town history, which warrant first priority inclusion in the survey. " A" list properties are selected to encompass all property types, time periods, architectural styles, and geographic locations in the town. B. Properties on the" B" list are good examples of their type and period, but could be excluded at this time without compromising
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