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LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION
August 17 meeting and other August activities
An overflow crowd filled Town Hall on August 11 in response to
c . 600 letters mailed to potential landmark house owners . (This letter
is in our files. ) As the Suffolk Times of August 13 reported:' "Over-
whelmingly, owners of historic structures indicated that they did not
want any government agency telling them what to do with their property. "
Newspaper coverage of this event is also in the Landmark files . )
The majority of those speaking said they approved protection for
Southold 's landmark houses .
The August 19 regular meeting of the Landmark Commission was
devoted to our future plans . It was suggested that a modified Landmark
law be prepared . This was done, and on August 25 the Commission met
with the Town Board to discuss our future plans . Chairman John Stack
made the following suggestion:
1. The Commission may submit a list of houses eligible for
Landmark status to the Town Board . The owner's permission will be
needed for designation.
2. Any house identified for landmark status, and houses already
on the register, would require a 30-day waiting period before
a Demolition
b Irreversable change
3. Landmark status should be given due consideration in requests
for variances and for tax abatement requests .
Joseph Townsend stated that he felt that the Commission should still
work toward a law giving the Commission power to designate an eligible
house as a landmark without the owner's approval.
Because of the public reaction at the August 11 meeting, the Town
Board voted to reject the proposed Landmark Law .
The New York State Council on the Arts likes us . We asked them for
two grants this year: $5,000 to publish a book, "HowPOld Is Your House?"
and we were granted $3,000:" We asked for $8,000 to complete our
survey currently being done by the Society For The Preservation of
Long Island Antiquities, and NYSCA gave us $4,500. This is the third
and final year for the survey.
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With the NYSCA grant assured, we have started plans for the book.
John Stack reports that Nicholas Langhart, an architectural historian,
will meet with us in October to advise us on the text. In the meantime,
Landmark members will begin selecting the Southold Town houses in , the
styles to be illustrated in the book, and in getting written permissions
from their owners .
On August 26 the Commission spent six hours analyzing the home
of Bruce Lebuecher, at his request . The house is located at 37130 Main
ROad just east of Skunk Lane in Peconic . A report on the analysis °
has teen prepared, and a copy sent to Mr. Lebkuecher.
NEXT NEETING
There will be no meeting in September.
The next regular meeting will be Wednesday, October 21, at 7:30 pm.