The Japanese Tea House and Frank Lillis

Here is an interchange between Frank Lillis and Windover Heights Board member Fred Skaer from 1999 when a Certificate of Appropriateness for a new house was denied:

Skaer: Do you have institutional knowledge on 326 West Street. It’s a modern house.

Lillis: Its almost buried.

Skaer: Its almost a Japanese tea house.

Lillis: That's exactly right.

Skaer: That went in after this ordinance passed?

Lillis: That went in after the ordinance passed. There was no discussion on that, because it was a very, very modern house, however the way it was situated back off the road, low level, it did fit in with the neighborhood. It was not something that stood out like a sore thumb.

A house that best resembles a Japanese tea house built after the district was formed is deemed "historical" by Frank Lillis? Wow. Interestingly, Frank Lillis led the 2005 charge to have the new house just completed at 315 Windover stopped. Why did Lillis do this? Because he lived next door! Lillis was fortunately stopped and the Town now has one of the most attractive homes ever built.