Photos, Videos & Contractors for  

The Legion Hall/Blue Hill Academy Building

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To support, please see the DONATIONS Page or contact 

Butler Smythe by phone/text: 207-374-3838, or via email at thbsmythe@gmail.com.

The Post has spent $590,000 to date with an additional (approx.) $250,000 needed to complete.  

We have funded major brickwork, foundation repair, basement floor replacement, new windows, gutters, paint,

 portico rebuild, the engineer & architect and miscellaneous other work.


We receive no funds from the American Legion, State, Town or any entities related to Historical Preservation.

Funding has only come from the sale of Legion Beach and a very (VERY) small group of donors. 

CONTRACTORS - 2016 to date

PROJECT MANAGEMENT, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION & ONSITE NEEDS - Butler Smythe

BRICKWORK Alpha Omega

DESIGN & ENGINEERINGBruce Stahnke (Architect)

                                                  - Thornton Tomasetti (Engineering)

ELECTRICALHaskell Electric

EXCAVATIONBill Cousins (Excavation & drainage repair)

                           - Michael A. Astbury (Excavation, drainage & fill)

FOUNDATION/BASEMENT FLOORJacob Gaspar (Concrete floor removal)

                                                                   - Oliver Cousins Inc. (Foundation & Basement Floor)

                                                                   - Ken Jordan (Building Support)

INSULATIONBuilders Installed Products

PAINTINGMcVay (Exterior)

PORTICO & Side Access  - Compass Pt. Construction

ONSITE STORAGEWEBCO 

WASTE CONTAINERS & REMOVALBHD Containers ​

WELL - Taplin

WINDOWS, DOORS, ROOF & GUTTERSMainely Vinyl

LOTS of Work Remaining - INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

BRICKWORK, WALLS, WINDOW FRAMING, ELECTRICAL, UTILITIES (Heat...), INSULATION, PLUMBING, DOORS, FLOORING, STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS/REPAIRS, PAINTING, GUTTERS & DRAINAGE, LANDSCAPING ​& FIBER INTERNET!

Unfortunately I (Butler) will have to rework some of the work done by others (specifically the Portico) because or inappropriate caulk, surface prep and a bad paint job!

​​Interior

July 2017

Brick

Before & After

Interior & Exterior

(2024-2026)

Debris removal - insulation,

1st & 2nd floor walls, ceilings, basement concrete floor, etc.

Front Flooring sections are now out - Basement to 2nd Floor 

Exterior Painting

Brickwork, Foundation & Basement Floor (2024-2025)

Dumpster 12 filled 

13th in work!

Not all depicted

(2024 - 2026)

Handwriting found 

​under the tin!

The remaining plaster & lath - most was removed during early 1900's "rebuild" adding the exterior buttresses. The plaster, incl. plaster chalk boards, were uncovered when tin was removed. Handwriting & music notations were generally dated during 1897/1898. 1898 was the last year Blue Hill Academy operated independently. The Oct 1904 date noted was during the "rebuild" period.

Original Stairway 

(one of two)

A Few Videos