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Commission advances Revolutionary War Cemetery kiosk design; recommends stone restoration using CPC funds
Summary
The commission approved a contract with a kiosk designer for the Revolutionary War Cemetery and discussed using leftover Community Preservation Committee (CPC) funds for restoration of damaged gravestones; the commission also recommended replacing a heavily weathered sign and inventorying granite guideposts.
The Sudbury Historical Commission confirmed a contract with a graphic designer and kiosk manufacturer to redesign and replace the Revolutionary War Cemetery kiosk and recommended the cemetery receive prioritized stone restoration from available CPC funds.
Commissioners said the current kiosk provides only a map and that the new design, produced by the selected vendor, will include historical vignettes, photographs, and short biographical material for notable interments. The consultant will produce artwork that the manufacturer Fossil Graphics will fabricate; the manufacturer will not handle ground installation, which the commission said will require coordination with town public works or volunteers.
Ellen Niderman (Sudbury Historical Society volunteer) and others provided data used to prepare the new kiosk content; commissioners said a worn accessory sign on a rusted post should be removed and the granite cemetery post reused with a new face panel. The commission also discussed restoration of gravestones in the Revolutionary War Cemetery: volunteers identified roughly 30 stones that show damage, sinking or breakage, and a contractor estimate for basic repairs was discussed as generally in the $500 range per stone depending on damage.
Commissioners noted roughly $15,000 remains from a prior CPC allocation and suggested the commission do an on‑site inventory with preservation contractors to produce specific quotes. One contractor contact supplied on the Massachusetts preservation listserv supplied an initial estimate range; the commission asked a commissioner to walk the site with a preservation specialist to identify the first set of stones for phased restoration so work can proceed without exceeding procurement limits.
Outcome and next steps: the commission executed a design contract for the kiosk, will seek installation support from DPW or volunteers, and authorized staff and volunteers to inventory cemetery stones and solicit firm quotes to use CPC funds for phased restoration.
