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.

To date, we have spent $585,000, with approximately $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 small group of donors. 

CONTRACTORS - 2016 to date

PROJECT MANAGEMENT, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION & ONSITE NEEDS

Butler Smythe

BRICKWORK
Alpha Omega

DESIGN & ENGINEERING
Bruce Stahnke (Architect)
Thornton Tomasetti (Engineering) 

ELECTRICAL
Haskell Electric

EXCAVATION
Bill Cousins
(Excavation & drainage repair)
Michael A. Astbury (Excavation, drainage & fill) 

FOUNDATION/BASEMENT FLOOR
Jacob Gaspar (Concrete floor removal)
Oliver Cousins Inc. (Foundation & Basement Floor) 
Ken Jordan (Building Support)

INSULATION
Builders Installed Products

PAINTING

McVay (Exterior)


PORTICO & Side Access 

Compass Pt. Construction :(


ONSITE STORAGE

WEBCO 


WASTE CONTAINERS & REMOVAL

BHD Containers 


WELL (our 1st)

Taplin

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​WINDOWS/DOORS/ROOFING/GUTTERS

Mainely 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!

AND YES,  I (Butler) have to rework some of the work done by others - specifically the Portico!

BAD caulking and paint job!





​​Interior
July 2017




​Brick
Before & After




​Interior & Exterior

(2024-2026)

Debris removal - insulation,

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


​Exterior Painting


​Brickwork, Foundation & Basement Floor (2024-2025)


​11th Dumpster Filled & 12th almost! 

(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