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Historic district commission recommends adding one property near Barrington Inn to district
Summary
At the Planning Board’s request, the commission voted to recommend adding a single property (plat 5 lot 90) near the Barrington Inn to the town’s historic district and will forward that recommendation to the Planning Board and Town Council.
The New Shoreham Historic District Commission voted to recommend that the Planning Board add one property — identified in the commission record as plat 5, lot 90 — to the local historic district. The Planning Board had requested the commission’s position on the parcel located adjacent to the Barrington Inn and near recent new construction owned by Frank DiBiase.
Commission members discussed the parcel’s mixed commercial and residential character and noted that any change would still go through the Planning Board and then the Town Council, with public meetings at each step. A commissioner observed that the new owner purchased one building while it was not in the historic district, and commissioners emphasized that the current vote is only a recommendation to the Planning Board.
A motion to forward the recommendation carried; the commission recorded the result with affirmative votes and one recorded opposition. The commission did not adopt any ordinance or make a binding designation; the Planning Board and Town Council retain final authority.
The commission did not specify detailed historic-architecture reasons in the hearing record for the individual property; staff and commission members indicated the item will proceed through Planning Board public hearings and Council review before any official change to the historic-district boundary becomes effective.
