Public Comment #2Peter L. Cross
70 Highland Street Hyannis, Massachusetts
02601
41.38N 70.17W
(just slightly above sea level)
Town of Barnstable Historic Commission June 9, 2022
Barnstable Town Hall
397 Main Street
Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601
Dear Historic Commissioners,
I am writing to you in support of William and Sherry Lawson’s
application for a permit to raze their house at 133 Gosnold Street in Hyannis.
I am a Hyannis native and my family has been on Highland
Street in Hyannis since my grandparents moved their family there from Camp Street in
Hyannis in the early 1920’s. I have made hundreds of trips up and down Gosnold Street
in my seventy five years and can say with great certainty that the Lawson’s house is not
a distinctive structure in any way.
My wife and I lived at 133 Gosnold Street for a short time
when our house was under construction. I have seen the house inside and out and can
say that it has no unusual or notable architectural features. The razing of the house will
not in any way damage the character of the neighborhood.
I urge you to approve the immediate removal of the
Lawson’s house.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Peter L. Cross
508-775-0863 petecrosscape@gmail.net
DATA FROM THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE WEBSITE prepared by Peter L. Cross March 25, 2022
Gosnold St.Year Built Gosnold St. Year Built Esty Ave Year Built Owen St.Year Built Ocean St.Year Built
50 1925 217 1955 14 1929 11 1932 467 1900
56 1820 225 1956 74 1938 19 1929 479 1910
70 1920 230 1951 88 1940 28 1932
71 1920 239 1964 95 1905 31 1941
81 1927 240 1958 158 1920 36 1936
91 1951 258 1900 162 1920 45 1946
92 1720 259 1803 170 1920
121 1947 281 1920 SEA ST.Year Built
133 1920 284 1750
138 1959 288 1860
145 1954
150 1988 Marsh Ln. Year Built
157 1957 42 1939
158 1970
164 1946
169 1920
171 1930
180 1930
185 1955
186 1945
194 1991
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Table 1
St. Number Year Built
92 1720
259 1803
56 1820
258 1900
70 1920
71 1920
133 1920
169 1920
281 1920
50 1925
81 1927
171 1930
180 1930
186 1945
164 1946
121 1946
91 1951
230 1951
145 1954
185 1955
217 1955
225 1956
157 1957
240 1958
138 1959
239 1964
158 1970
150 1988
194 1991
Gosnold Street Hyannis, Massachusetts
29 Houses
Median year built 1946
All data obtained from the Town of Barnstable
website June 2022
Ms. Rogers- Please distribute this to the members of the Historic Commission
for their meeting this afternoon. 1
Ms. Rogers- Please distribute this to the members of the Historic Commission
for their meeting this afternoon.
Thank You- Peter Cross
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