Weston Historical Commission Continues Irving Road Demolition Hearing One Month

WESTON -- May 2, 2023, Weston Historical Commission advanced demolition and renovation cases for five properties at its May 2 meeting. The board voted 4-0 to leave in place a 12-month demolition delay on 109 Lexington Street, the White Farm owned by the Cambridge School of Weston, after the school withdrew its application to lift the delay. At 6 Irving Road, a condemned 1930 colonial revival salt box in the Irving Road Historic Area, the commission approved the garage's demolition unanimously but voted 3-1 to continue the demolition delay hearing on the main house to May 30, with member Steve Wagner dissenting; neighbor Trish Fawcett told the commission the structure is "a hazard and an eyesore" with animals living inside. The commission approved a window replacement application at 348 Boston Post Road 3-1, with Co-Chair Phyllis Halpern dissenting, and unanimously approved replacement windows on the historically restricted 1764 Spring Elliston House at 263 South Avenue. Three properties, the Paul Pratt House at 317 Glen Road, the Georgian revival Parsons-Ferris House at 5 Concord Road, and the Spring Elliston House, were each found historically significant by unanimous vote, with the Glen Road and Concord Road applications referred to public hearings on May 30.