Date: Fri 04-Oct-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

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historic-district-Trinity

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Historic District Panel Approves Projects

The Borough of Newtown Historic District Commission last week granted

certificates of appropriateness for several projects planned within the new

historic district.

Applications had been submitted by Trinity Episcopal Church for two planned

projects, the replacement of windows in the rectory, located at 64 Main

Street, and construction of a memorial garden on the church property at 36

Main Street.

The rectory windows are in serious decay and are layered with lead paint,

removal of which probably would impair or destroy the integrity of the

structure, church officials said. The existing windows are two-over-two. The

new windows will be two-over-two in appearance but will be glass one-over-one

with "high quality," not plastic, mullions.

The memorial garden will feature a stone wall approximately two to three feet

high with a walkway area and gardens. It will be located behind the church

just south of the site where the church-owned house on Church Hill Road was

razed earlier this year.

The memorial garden will serve as a quiet, restful place to rest and meditate

and reflect on God's gifts, according to the application. The size is small in

comparison to the previously razed property area.

Ray Kelley of Sherman, architect/engineer, is working on the project along

with Craftsmen Excavators Inc, Dick Russo of Bethel and Colsun Atkinson of

Newtown.

The Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA), which will soon begin installing

sewer mains along Main Street, was represented by WPCA Chairman Peter Alagna

and Peter Grose of Fuss & O'Neill, the town's sewer consultant, at the

meeting. The two men explained the WPCA's plan to use directional drilling to

avoid damaging the large trees along the sewer main route.

The Historic District Commission approved the application pending submission

of the plans and with the understanding that all work would comply with the

borough's tree ordinance. Anything which is disturbed, such as fences, walls,

sidewalks and plantings also must be restored with substantially similar

materials, the commission said.