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Milestones

proud Accomplishments:

2021
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2020
  • Total number of volunteer hours documented August 2018 through December 2020: 1,950 hours​
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  • ​Launch Phase 2 fundraising campaign to raise $155,000 by November 2022 on November 15th​
  • Land & Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) awards matching grant for $165,000, to the Historic Town Hall-Library Project, November 19th during live webcast.  Chuck Fuller, Lead Project Sponsor, was a guest speaker about the project.
  • Major Milestone - successfully met the $165,000 Phase 1 fundraising goal - 100% of the goal! mid-November
  • AmazonSmile - automated fundraising at no cost to you.  20 total households have joined this fundraising effort so far.  November
  • Beech River Mill, Center Ossipee, NH, (ca 1851) produces 8 pair of historic reproduction window shutters for 1st floor of building, November
  • Volunteer work crew trimmed overgrown landscaping bushes and trees on property, October 
  • Freedom Charitable Foundation, Freedom, NH, $650 grant award, October
  • Aluminum Can Fundraising Drive final tally for 2020 was 2,460 lbs. of aluminum recycled (about 78,700 cans not going to a landfill) and also reduced Town waste management costs.  Raised over $1,200.  April 15th into October
  • $10,000 donation from Freemasons of Charter Oak Lodge #58, Effingham, NH, October
  • Jacobs Glass Inc. removes 8 large historic windows, completes restoration at their workshop in Winslow, Maine, and reinstalls them in building, October
  • Effingham Preservation Society Online Bake Sale Auction raised $720+.  July
  • Article: Historic Meeting Place Once Masonic Boarding School, published by Masonic Services Association, Maryland, July
  • ​NH GIVES June 9th-10th 24-hour online fundraising; $3,862 in donations to Effingham Preservation Society on behalf of the Historic Town Hall-Library Project, June
  • Memorial Day Weekend Plant Sale at Effingham Preservation Society - exceeded $1,000 goal! $2,318 donated to the Historic Town Hall-Library Project, May
  • Town of Effingham Town Meeting raised and appropriated a total of $9,500, March
  • Applied for The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Grant for Historic Interiors Grant, March, funding was denied
  • Applied for Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation Grant, March, funding was denied
2019
  • Obtained 17 different written vendor proposals for repair, restoration & rehabilitation work during year.
  • Created new Facebook page for The Historic Town Hall of Effingham NH, December
  • Created new logo and business website with fundraising donate 'buttons', December
  • Applied for Northeast Heritage Economic Program Grant, December
  • Volunteer efforts demolished the 2.5 story unused chimney, November
  • NH Preservation Alliance Board of Directors building tour, November
  • Historic Town Hall building added to the Effingham Capital Improvements Plan, October
  • Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, September
  • Awarded $10,000 NH Conservation License Plate (Moose Plate) Grant, September
  • Christopher P Williams Architects, PLLC, creates Historic Building Assessment with Preservation Guidelines Report, May
  • Submitted Letter of Intent to the Brown Foundation, Inc., May
  • ​Application to the National Register of Historic Places, April 
  • Town of Effingham Town Meeting raised and appropriated $20,000, March
2018
  • Awarded $4,500 NH Preservation Alliance matching grant, October
  • Formation of Historic Town Hall-Library Project Team with Board of Selectmen support, August
2017
  • WMUR News 9 - New Hampshire Chronicle - New England Masonic Charitable Institute
          with Fritz Wetherbee              
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Fritz Wetherbee
2006
  • Awarded $400 NH Preservation Alliance matching grant
  • Created historic preservation building assessment report, March
2002
  • Listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places, April 29th
  • Awarded $150,000 LCHIP matching grant for building repair and restoration including the Masonic Temple

You can Help raise $155,000 by November 2022

Your donation will help ensure this historic building is preserved and utilized by the community.  ​The funds raised during Phase 2 will be used towards 2021-2022 matching grant applications.  ​Please join our efforts today.  Small donations like $18.58 help!
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LCHIP
This project was funded in part by a grant from the NH Preservation Alliance, which received support for its grants program from the New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP). 
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Effingham Preservation Society is a 501(c)3 organization established in 1999 to preserve historic buildings and landmarks in Effingham, New Hampshire.  The Preservation Society has agreed to be the Fiscal Agent of the Historic Town Hall Project.

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