Southborough Historical Commission approves historic house sign for G.W. Lewis House; C.B. Wilson naming deferred

The Southborough Historical Commission voted Jan. 14 to approve a historic-house sign for the G.W. Lewis House at 2 Bridge Street with the date “circa 1850.” The commission also reported that production is under way for a previously approved sign for the Caleb Williams house at 14 Newton Street, and it postponed a naming decision for the property listed at 24 East Main Street while staff pursue additional research and owner contact.

The vote to approve the G.W. Lewis sign came after a presentation of the house’s inventory records and a discussion of a small discrepancy in written reports. Commission Chair Kevin Miller, presenting the file, said the house is “a Greek revival with some Italianate elements, circa 1850,” and noted that multiple documents in the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System inventory support the 1850 date. “I would make a…