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Photos, Videos & Contractors for  
The Legion Hall/Blue Hill Academy Building
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(Click on a Gallery image to expand) 

To support this effort, please see the DONATIONS Page or contact 
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Butler Smythe by phone/text: 207-374-3838, or via email at [email protected].
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 small group of donors to date. 

CONTRACTORS - 2016 to date

PROJECT MANAGEMENT, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION & ONSITE NEEDS
Butler Smythe
BRICKWORK
Alpha Omega

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

ELECTRICAL
Haskell Electric
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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)

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INSULATION
Builders Installed Products
PAINTING
McVay
 (Exterior)

PORTICO
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!




​​Interior
July 2017




​Brick
​Before & After




​Interior & Exterior (2024-2025)
Debris removal incl. insulation,
1st & 2nd floor walls, ceilings, basement concrete floor, etc. 


​Exterior Painting


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


​11th Dumpster Filled! (2024 - 2025)



​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

Duffy-Wescott Post 85, PO Box 531, Blue Hill, Maine 04614
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • MEMBERSHIP
    • EVENTS, EFFORTS, etc.
    • DIRIGO STATE
    • AUXILIARY
  • The Building
    • Blue Hill Academy
    • Post Building Rebuild
  • DONATIONS & CONTACTS