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vidual buildings, it is the historic character and the visual fabric of the entire town.”
ARB member Patrick O’Connell observed “there is no purity in the town, so it’s impossible to keep it pure. If you do you end up imitating the courthouse and the library, and that becomes artificial and stultifying.”
“How do we draw the line?" Mrs. Willis asked.
“Look at the jail,” Mr. Haffier answered. “It is a stunning period piece which ought to be preserved. There are other houses which could be added to.” He pointed to Mrs. Willis's Mount Prospect Farm, “an unusual, beautiful house, but not a unique piece of architecture."
Mrs. Willis suggested that the board consider a list of buildings in town “which ought, if at all possible, be preserved — those that everybody in town agrees that we ought to take special care with."
However, Mr. O'Connell cautioned, “the board ought to be open to the possibility that something contemporary can be built which is superior to anything which has gone before.”
He added that, to his eye, one of the strengths of the town is its lack of fixed identity.
“But it does have a special character," Mrs. Willis interjected.
“Its most appealing aspect is its
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