Weston Historical Commission Advances White Farm Demolition Case to Public Hearing

WESTON -- December 13, 2022, Weston Historical Commission advances demolition cases for three properties, including a potential 18th-century farmhouse, to January hearings. The commission voted unanimously at its December 13 meeting to find 109 Lexington Street, also known as White Farm or the Whitney House, believed to date as early as 1750, historically significant, setting up a January 10 public hearing where a 12-month demolition delay could be imposed. Tom Galvin, head of facilities for the Cambridge School of Weston, told commissioners that structural engineers and the fire department have deemed the building unsalvageable and that the school plans faculty housing and an arts center on the site, while licensed architect Adrian Giskey called it "highly restorable" and warned that site setbacks could block new construction anyway. The commission also found a 1933 brick colonial revival at 29 Sunset Road and a 1935 cape at 68 Westland Road significant, continuing both to the same January hearing. In the evening's only fully resolved cases, the commission approved barn renovation modifications at 42 Summer Street and authorized conditional window replacements at the 1893 Alford L. Cutting House at 20 Maple Street, requiring the owners to preserve original wavy-glass porch windows.