Weston Historical Commission Finds Two Properties Significant, Schedules Demolition Hearings

WESTON — November 21, 2017 — Weston Historical Commission finds Sibley Mill house and 1860 Orchard Avenue farmhouse historically significant. The commission voted unanimously at its November 21 meeting to designate 104 Boston Post Road — the last remnant of the historic Sibley Mill complex, dating to 1854 — as significant under the demolition delay bylaw, setting a public hearing for January 16, 2018. Developers from 104 Stony Brook LLC told Co-Chair Phyllis Halpern and the commission they had spent "hundreds of thousands of dollars" redesigning a proposed development to comply with Conservation Commission resource-area requirements, and asked the board to acknowledge their good-faith efforts. Affordable Housing Trust Chair Sarah Bradigan identified a town-owned lot at Route 20 and Wellesley Street as a potential relocation site for the structure. The commission also authorized up to $900 for preservation specialist Sarah Chase to conduct a forensic analysis of Lilac House, targeting a spring Town Meeting warrant article, and voted to support the Weston Public Library renovation project's $460,000 funding article.