Post Building Rebuild
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Annotate the effort funds support (i.e., "Building Fund" or other activity) or send a check made out to "Duffy-Wescott Post 85"
Address: Duffy-Wescott Post 85, PO Box 531, Blue Hill, ME 04614
We are a 501(C)19 organization. Contributions may be tax deductible based on your tax situation.
Questions? - Call or text Butler at 374-3838 or email at [email protected].
Annotate the effort funds support (i.e., "Building Fund" or other activity) or send a check made out to "Duffy-Wescott Post 85"
Address: Duffy-Wescott Post 85, PO Box 531, Blue Hill, ME 04614
We are a 501(C)19 organization. Contributions may be tax deductible based on your tax situation.
Questions? - Call or text Butler at 374-3838 or email at [email protected].
Various stages of work on Legion Hall/Blue Hill Academy
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BEFORE & AFTER- Regrouted Brick
PAINTING - Exterior
Stages of INTERIOR REMOVAL - with more to come....
Foundation & Brickwork at the back
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Early Summer Tearout
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2nd Floor almost cleared out
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1st floor ceiling + outer & inner walls next
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DUMPSTERS: 1 thru 6. The 7th in the queue!
HANDWRITING under the Tin!
Images below are from the only remaining plaster & lath in the building. Most had been removed during the early 1900's "rebuild" which added the buttresses. The plaster, including plaster chalk boards, were uncovered when the tin was removed. The handwriting & music notations were generally dated during 1897/1898, with 1898 the last year the Blue Hill Academy was in operation. One date noted (Oct 1904) was during the "rebuild" period.
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SUPPORT BEAMS -
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ORIGINAL STAIRWAY -
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FAILED BRICK - due to foundation failure.
Rebuilt foundation corner is "next."
CONTRACTORS
A list of "contractors" since 2016 - when we got our first well.
To Date - October 2024
Taplin – Well Drilling
Mainely Vinyl – Roof, Gutters, Windows & Doors
Bill Cousins, Michael A. Astbury – excavation
Bruce Stahnke - Architect
Thornton Tomasetti (Steven Knowles) - Engineering
Jacob Gaspar – Basement concrete removal
Alpha Omega – Brickwork
Ken Jordan – Building Support
Haskell Electric – Electrical
BHD Containers (Vaughn Leach) - Dumpsters
Builders Installed Products - Insulation Removal and eventual Installation
McVay – Exterior Painting
Compass Pt. Construction - Portico completion & side ramp
Butler Smythe - Interior Destruction & Construction
TBD - Interior Rebuild Framing, Floors, Trim, Kitchen, Doors, etc.
To Date - October 2024
Taplin – Well Drilling
Mainely Vinyl – Roof, Gutters, Windows & Doors
Bill Cousins, Michael A. Astbury – excavation
Bruce Stahnke - Architect
Thornton Tomasetti (Steven Knowles) - Engineering
Jacob Gaspar – Basement concrete removal
Alpha Omega – Brickwork
Ken Jordan – Building Support
Haskell Electric – Electrical
BHD Containers (Vaughn Leach) - Dumpsters
Builders Installed Products - Insulation Removal and eventual Installation
McVay – Exterior Painting
Compass Pt. Construction - Portico completion & side ramp
Butler Smythe - Interior Destruction & Construction
TBD - Interior Rebuild Framing, Floors, Trim, Kitchen, Doors, etc.