Minutes of meeting of the Norfolk Historical Commission August 11, 2009
Present: Thelma Ravinski, Betsey Whitney, Barbara Bartholomew, Betsy Pyne
We met in our new office for the first time. We plan to have work mornings in the Fall and Winter to straighten up the office and organize our materials.
The minutes were read and accepted from the July 16 meeting.
Frank Gross’s books will be kept temporarily by the library in the basement. Betsy spoke to Frank and he agreed to this. He was told that the town couldn’t take possession of them and display them in the library or the School Room because we expected such limited use and the space requirements were so large. In September we will organize the move. Harvey suggested perhaps using prison labor to move the books.
Mann house research. Barbara has completed her research on the Old Parsonage. It was built in 1810 and the first occupant was Rev. John Cleveland. Barbara’s history of the property and also the other 3 parsonages is a 17 page document that will be available for people to read. It’ll be in the cabinet. Barbara and Thelma met with Emily Niccodemus and gave her the complete report. She was very happy with the result of the search and wants to have a new sign made for the building. The new name of the building is the Original Parsonage.
The actual Solomon Mann house is at 16 Rockwood Road. The Jenke cape with the small picket fence.
Betsy Whitney made an extensive report about her ongoing research on Pondville. She met with Richard and Paul Connors to get all their recollections of Pondville. One of her challenges is to find out the original boundries of Pondville and the smaller village that evolved. Betsy plans to photograph the house, now for sale, that was the post office.
Fales Park. Barbara had applied and got approval from the Board of Selectmen for the County Engineers to survey and map the whole Fales Park and the rest of the CPC purchase . The work of the County Engineers is set to go forward as all the preliminary applications and approvals are complete. This will take some time but will eventually get done.
Barbara met with the boy scout working on the Norfolk Cemetry historic section. And She suggested there would be another project at the Fales Park building trails and benches. Formal opening of the park may take place next Fall.
Leland Road House . We had a question from Janet Delonga of the Con Com regarding whether or not the location on Leland Road where they are planning to move the Affordable House is Historic or not. The meeting was adjourned at 2:32.
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