The Building - Duffy-Wescott Post 85

Our Building
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Blue Hill Academy circa 1850-1860. Note the clothes from the Civil War Period.
Blue Hill Academy circa 1895. Note the phone poles/lines and the wood clapboard (front only) vs. Brick.
Blue Hill Academy - early 20th Century. Note the additional lines on Phone/Power Pole and Brick exterior again - with Buttresses

Bluehill Academy ~1897 - Just prior to last year of operation as The Blue Hill Academy

American Legion Post - ~1925 - looking up Tenny Hill

Please Click on the images for a larger view. The handwriting on the photos (with dates) is "suspect," and more accurate dates have been added in the overlays. The top center photo depicts the Academy with Clapboards over the brick on the front only.

Duffy-Wescott Post 85 of the American Legion is housed in the Bluehill Academy building (built 1833). Its structural and aesthetic maintenance has changed over the years and the building needs serious attention. See Post Building Rebuild for more information, photos and videos.

We have started some basic stuff and have:

1. raised funds to complete a Survey to identify the most pressing and future efforts for preserving the Historic Building;

2. corrected drainage issue which damaged the back foundation wall and regularly flooded the basement;

3. dug a much needed well - our first EVER (2016)!

4. New roof (2020)

5. almost completed exterior brick and portico work and replaced all of the windows;

6. replaced the side door and added a new ramp and stairs (to be modified when construction is done); and

7. almost done gutting the interior as finished the back wall and foundation reconstruction.

NEXT efforts:

1. finish the Portico (need to correct some bad contractor work)

2. finish windows (framing, etc.)

3. complete exterior painting and wood work