HELP RAISE $155,000 BY NOVEMBER 2022We are asking for your help because we need repairs and restoration on additional historic windows, ADA bathroom design, 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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Goal: $155,000
PHASE 2 PROJECT GOAL
- Repair, restoration and rehabilitation of 2nd & 3rd floor historic windows & shutters
- Restore front double doors and rear double doors
- Create parking lot and professional landscape plan and begin implementation
- Grind and reclaim pavement, new grade for building drainage, lay down base pavement coat
- Add exterior French perimeter drain water mitigation system at roof eaves for building drainage
- Insulate three 2nd floor exterior walls, 2nd floor ceiling; build one false interior insulated wall in the large community room
- Electrical wiring upgrades to 2nd floor community room and 6-story bell tower; add LED lighting to 2nd floor ceiling in large community room
- 3rd floor HVAC system engineering; electric heat pump installation to serve 2nd floor large community room heat and air conditioning
- Rehabilitate the historic cloverleaf windows & cupola railings on bell tower
- Create structural engineer plan and project to re-hang the Henry N. Cooper & Company (Boston - Paul Revere foundry) 1863 bell in the tower. Ring the bell!
- Repoint brick foundation
- Renovate two bathrooms, one ADA compliant & plumbing upgrades
- Repair plaster on walls and ceiling of 2nd floor large community room
- Up to 10% contingency for unanticipated items
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
View the Historic Building Assessment with Preservation Guidelines Report.
Prepared by Christopher P Williams Architects, PLLC.
Prepared by Christopher P Williams Architects, PLLC.
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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