The Board of Selectmen, having received and reviewed the final report of the East Lyme Historic Properties Study Committee prepared in accordance with Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-147q, finds that the hereinafter described properties are significant in the history, architecture, archaeology and culture of the town and the state and that the distinctive characteristics of said properties should be preserved and protected, and hereby designates the following as historic properties in the town:
(A) First Parcel. A certain piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, located on the southerly side of the West Main Street, known generally as the “Thomas Lee House”, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point that marks the northwesterly corner of the herein described parcel, said point located N 60 degrees 01' 20" E 189.91 feet from a Connecticut Highway Department monument recovered located at the intersection of Giants Neck Road and West Main Street; thence S 22 degrees 23' 40" E 127.25 feet to a point; thence N 79 degrees 11' 02" E 61.66 feet to a point; thence N 01 degrees 46' 00" E 66.80 feet to a point; thence N 21 degrees 59' 00" W 90.45 feet to a point, said point being at the southerly side of West Main Street, the last four courses being along land now or formerly of the town of East Lyme; thence S 60 degrees 01' 20" W 89.17 feet along the southerly side of West Main Street to the point and place of beginning.
The above described parcel of land with improvements contains 11,586 square feet and is depicted on a certain map entitled BOUNDARY SURVEY WEST MAIN STREET & GIANTS NECK ROAD EAST LYME, CT. PREPARED FOR THE EAST LYME HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STATE OF CONNECTICUT D.E.P. #0441998112001 SCALE 1" = 40' NOV. 20, 1998 REV 2/20/99 AND REV 2/29/00 and signed and sealed by DAVID M. COONROD L.L.S. NIANTIC, CT. on file with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, to which references may be had (hereinafter “the Map”).
Reference may be had to a certain Warrantee Deed from Jerome R. Rathbun to The East Lyme Historical Society dated April 20, 1914 and recorded at Volume 17 Page 307 of the East Lyme land records. In the event of any discrepancy, the Map shall control.
(B) Second Parcel. A certain piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, located on the southerly side of West Main Street, known generally as the “Little Boston School House”, the “Lee House Barn” and related buildings, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a Connecticut Highway Department monument recovered, located at the intersection of Giants Neck Road and West Main Street which marks the northwest corner of land of the State of Connecticut to be conveyed; thence N 60 degrees 01' 20" E 189.91 feet along the southerly side of West Main Street to a point; thence S 22 degrees 23' 40" E 127.25 feet to a point, thence N 79 degrees 11' 02" E 61.66 feet to a point, thence N 01 degrees 46' 00" E 66.80 feet to a point, thence N 21 degrees 59' 00" W 90.45 feet to a point, the last four courses along land now or formerly East Lyme Historical Society; thence N 60 degrees 01' 20" E 23.42 feet to a Connecticut highway Department monument recovered, thence N 56 degrees 37' 08" E 148.49 feet to an iron pin recovered, the last two courses along the southerly side of West Main Street, thence S 35 degrees, 02' 00" E 284.42 feet to a point; thence S 35 degrees 45' 27" E 108.07 feet to a point in a brook, the last two courses along land now or formerly Phyllis Perkins; thence S 33 degrees 39' 26" W 240.81 feet to an iron pin set, the last course along other land of the State of Connecticut, thence N 27 degrees 38' 08" W 108 feet to a point along land now or formerly Paul and Joyce Riccio; thence N 27 degrees 38' 08" W 75.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 69 degrees 39' 11" W 203.37 feet to an iron pin recovered; thence S 56 degrees 07' 53" W 65.46 feet to an iron pin recovered, the last three courses along land now or formerly Robert Ashburn, thence the following two courses along the east side of Giants Neck Road, N 35 degrees 51' 03" W 200.00 feet to an iron pin set, thence N 24 degrees 10' 30" W 77.98 feet to the point and place of beginning.
The above-described parcel of land with improvements contains 3.497 acres and is depicted on a certain map entitled BOUNDARY SURVEY WEST MAIN STREET & GIANTS NECK ROAD EAST LYME, CT PREPARED FOR THE EAST LYME HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STATE OF CONNECTICUT D.E.P. #0441998112001 SCALE 1" = 40' NOV 20, 1998 REV 2/20/99 AND REV 2/29/00 and signed and sealed by DAVID M COONROD LLS NIANTIC CT. on file with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, to which references may be had (hereinafter “the Map”).
Being the same premises bounded and described within Public Act 98-255 Sec 15(a). Being the same premises bounded and described in a certain lease between the Town of East Lyme and the East Lyme Historical Society dated January 1, 2001 and recorded at Volume 515 Page 248 of the East Lyme land records. In the event of any discrepancy, the Map shall control.
(C) Third Parcel. A certain piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements located thereon, located on the northerly side of Plants Dam Road, known generally as the “Samuel Smith House”, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a Drill Hole, which is on the northerly side of Plants Dam Road and approximately 65' west of North Bride Brook Road; thence Northwesterly along a centerline of a brook a distance of 768+/- to a Point connected by a survey tie line North 30 degrees 01' 35" West a distance of 753.03; thence South 84 degrees 24' 11" West a distance of 534.36 to a Point; thence South 12 degrees 12'45" East a distance of 300.97 to an Iron Pin; thence North 81 degrees 43'16" East a distance of 110.97 to a Point; thence North 89 degrees 02'26" East a distance of 22.48 to a Drill Hole; thence North 84 degrees 01'07" East a distance of 77.37 to a Point; thence South 86 degrees 55'05" East a distance of 10.68 to a Point; thence North 85 degrees 12'39" East a distance of 139.04 to a Drill Hole; thence North 82 degrees 54'28" East a distance of 146.23 to a Drill Hole; thence North 78 degrees 10'39" East a distance of 108.14 to a Point; thence North76 degrees 51'12" East a distance of 149.57 to a Drill Hole; to the Point of Beginning; containing 10.09 acres +/-.
Being the same premises bounded and described on a map in a certain “Easements, Declaration of Covenants and Declaration of Preservation Restrictions” from the Town of East Lyme to the State of Connecticut acting by the State Historic Preservation Office dated April 25, 2013 and recorded in Volume 914, Page 380 of the East Lyme land records. In the event of any discrepancy, the Map shall control.
(Ord. effective 2-19-2014)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 23 page 434, Amended