Historical Commission imposes 12-month demolition delay at 74 Orchard Ave.

WESTON — November 4, 2019 — Weston Historical Commission imposes 12-month delay on 74 Orchard Ave. demolition, backdated to October. The commission voted unanimously after the owners — who previously renovated 80 Orchard Ave. next door — said they would tear down the existing house to build a new shingle-style home. Members pressed hardest on saving an interior billiard room originally part of 80 Orchard and relocated decades ago, calling its craftsmanship "irreplaceable." "You may like it, but we do not," the owner told members. "Take a vote, do whatever you want and give us the year to wait." The commission also found a 1928 bungalow at 145 Newton St. significant, lifted a delay on 183 Ridgeway Road, found a Cape at 97 Loring Road not significant on a split vote, and noted the deaccessioned Tonton blanket chest sold through Skinner on Saturday for $52,275.