HELP RAISE $222,000 BY december 2023Your help is needed for repairs and restoration of additional historic windows, fix cupola roof water leak, hazard mitigation items . . . and more. The funds raised may also be used towards 2021-2022 matching grant applications. Please join our efforts today. Even small donations like $18.58 help!
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Current Funds: $222,000 Goal: $222,000
PHASE 2A PROJECT GOAL
THROUGH AUGUST 2023 COST ESTIMATE: $20,000 - CURRENTLY FUNDED, NH Moose Plate Grant
THROUGH AUGUST 2023 COST ESTIMATE: $20,000 - CURRENTLY FUNDED, NH Moose Plate Grant
- Completed! - Restore front exterior double doors, transom window and door sidelight windows
PHASE 2b PROJECT GOAL
THROUGH December 2023 Overall Project cost estimate: $361,640
- Hire construction project manager to oversee restoration and ensure quality construction
- Confirm building construction work with historic architect plans.
- Repair, restoration and rehabilitation of 2nd & 3rd floor historic windows
- Restore front interior double doors and rear exterior double doors
- Rehabilitate the four historic cloverleaf windows & cupola railings in and on bell tower
- Insulate partial 1st floor ceiling
- Remove remaining suspended ceiling tiles; restore ceiling to near original height; rehabilitate plaster ceiling and repair plaster walls
- Electrical wiring upgrades will include: new interior wiring for remainder of 1st floor, 2nd floor large community room, foyer winding staircase and 6-story bell tower. Add LED lighting to 1st floor ceilings, restore 2nd floor ceiling lighting in large community room. Update the building security system.
- Repair cupola leak in copper cladded floor; require remove and reinstall cast iron bell; restore cupola railings and . . . Ring the bell!
- Up to 10% contingency for unanticipated items
PHASE 2C PROJECT GOAL
THROUGH March 2025 OVERALL PROJECT COST ESTIMATE: $95,000
- Reconstruction and rehabilitate 2 first floor bathrooms and to make one ADA accessible.
remnants of historic cloverleaf windows - use as template for reproduction windows in bell tower
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Lucas Mueller, Jacobs Glass, Inc., example work
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and ongoing...
- Continue to accept Cash and other monetary donations!
- Continue to accept volunteer help in writing grant applications
- Continue to apply for government and private foundation grants
- Continue to coordinate with Effingham Public Library, Effingham Preservation Society and other organizations
- And most important, continue to listen to constructive ideas and feedback from Effingham citizens along with our many project supporters living locally and nationwide.
Artisans at work repairing and restoring similar style windows, Jacobs Glass, Inc., Winslow , Maine
Bill Blodgett & Lucas Mueller
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Bill Blodgett
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Michael Bragg
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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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