Comisión Histórica – 26 oct 2026

Clerk's posting stamp: 2026 OCT 20 AM 8:30

CITY OF GLOUCESTER

Gloucester Historical Commission

MEETING AGENDA

October 26, 2026, at 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Rose Baker Senior Center, 2nd floor conference room

6 Manuel F. Lewis Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

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ADMINISTRATION

• Approval of September 28, 2026 Meeting Minutes
• Tim Quinn, membership status? update GHC website

DEMOLITION DELAY ORDINANCE

• Added to Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5, Article 6; Susan posted to GHC Google Docs
• 9/10/26 most recent list sent to Rob Vicari
• Tim – creating list of historical contractors, to be posted to Google Docs under Demo-delay
• 10/7/26 Website changes posted by Ralph; Demo-delay page description and docs created by Susan

PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDING

• 9/29/26 Susan created and sent Certificate of Historic Significance to Sailor Stan's/1 Wonson St for use with historic exclusion of FEMA flooding regs

PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS

• Three new in 2026,(Riggs House, Wm Haskell House, Tucker House-Hayden Cottage)
• Susan added to our Gloucester Designations list; Ralph posted to website

HISTORIC HOUSE PLAQUES (Susan)

• Sept-Oct NEW PLAQUES:
• 1206 Washington St (Moses Parsons, Yeoman, 1834)
• 5 Wiley St (East Gloucester Yacht Club, 1901-1918) approved 8/31/26
• 34-36 Summer St (Unitarian Parsonage, 1917-1939) approved 8/31/26
• 11 Pirates Lane (NSAA, Est. 1922) and (Wonson Wharf c1885 ) approved 8/31/26
• Possible new applicants:
• 150 Leonard St, Annisquam application underway, not yet finished
• 28 Friend St (Eben Brown, Master Mariner, R1851) approved 8/31/26
• 9 Hickory St (1866, not in MACRIS) application request 9/24

2026 MACRIS UPDATES (Julie)

• Recent work/submissions

TERCENTENARY MARKERS (Tim)

• QR code project, Tim to work with high school students on QR code for marker posts and affixing the signs to the posts.

2027 PRESERVATION AWARDS (Bob and Ralph)

• Bob – list of current list of nominees
• Ralph - book 1623 Studios for filming

CPC UPDATE (Maggie)

• Brief update of the 10 applicants requesting historic funding

REGISTER OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS (Susan/Julie)

• Central database for the city of all historic buildings
• 1900 and 1920 year of build was arbitrarily assigned, these are being newly researched + corrected
• Russell & Melissa Hobbs - 126 Lanesville houses built 1900 per city
• Stephanie Buck - 3,230 Gloucester houses built before 1900 per city
• Will use library software to create an Omeka database (https://omeka.org/)
• Will be live on / be posted to library website

ROCKY NECK CULTURAL CENTER - Historic Art Trail (Susan)

https://www.rockyneckartcolony.org/historic-art-trail

• Online self-guided walking tour of 15 historic sites; provides in-depth history and photos of each site
• 9/8/26 RNAC volunteered to let GHC add additional historic sites to their website/tour
• GHC will not be posting historic building documentation here, per Julie

CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATUS (Susan)

• 9/5/26 + 9/11/26 Susan emailed Michael Steinitz, State Historic Preservation Officer inquiring about our 2023, 2024, 2025 annual reports in arrears
• 9/29 emailed Manchester and Salem, no reply, did not pursue
• Gloucester still listed as a CLG per invite for a grant

FUNDING FOR LANESVILLE/Lane's Cove NATIONAL REGISTRY DISTRICT APPLICATION (Ralph)

• Focus is on a smaller area of Lanesville center, which includes Lane's Cove, the Fish Shack, cemetery and a few smaller buildings surrounding that area that are publicly owned; if privately owned, Ralph will speak with directly.
• The fish shacks, seawall, and cemetery would qualify for grants to repair them if NR was passed.
• Ralph ltr 8/20/26 to MHC seeking approval for nomination; Ben Haley/Nat Reg Dir-MHC replied 8/24/26
• Ralph is seeking funding based on Wendy's estimate of $7,000 for smaller-area project
• FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2027 MHC Survey and Planning Grant

LANES COVE PLAQUE (Ralph)

• Update
• 8/31/26 Letter by Susan to Ralph stating historical significance

CALENDAR

• November 12, 5-6:00 PM, Library History Exchange – registration required
• 2027 GHC meeting dates, emailed to GHC members 10/15/26

Next Meeting: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2026

Rose Baker Senior Center, 2nd Floor conference room, 6:30 – 8:30 pm