Selectmen Notes: Board Approves $5K for Historical Register Application for Highland Chapel
Briefs from the Board of Selectmen meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 11.
Board Votes to Approve $5K for Historical Register Application for Highland Chapel Department of Public Works director Mark Ryan appeared before the Board of Selectmen to request $5,000 to go toward an application for the chapel at the Highland Cemetery to be put on the state Historical Register. Ryan said that the chapel has fallen into disrepair, and that according to a study of the building done by the original designing firm, it could cost around $675,000 to repair. The firm, Ryan said, has a very personal interest in the chapel, and recommended putting it on the historical register. Doing so could allow the Town to obtain grants to rehabilitate it as a historical building. "I think it's time now that we do update," Selectman Paul …
