Our Building
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Bluehill Academy ~1897 - Just prior to last year of operation as The Blue Hill Academy
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American Legion Post - 1940's - looking up Tenny Hill
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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. started exterior brick and Portico work and replaced most of the windows;
6. replaced the side door and added a new ramp and stairs; and
7. started gutting the interior as well as addressing the back wall and foundation.
NEXT efforts:
1. repairing the back foundation wall, the basement and the back brick wall itself.
2. finish brickwork....
3. finish the Portico
4. finish the windows
5. complete exterior painting and wood work
6. and turn to the interior structural efforts and reconstruction.
a. vapor barrier
b. walls and stairs
c. insulation
d. electrical
e. plumbing
f. drywall
g. floors
h. heating and cooling
i. misc .work to include bathroom, kitchen, landscaping, etc.
Some of this work will be concurrent.
Please DONATE HERE.
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. started exterior brick and Portico work and replaced most of the windows;
6. replaced the side door and added a new ramp and stairs; and
7. started gutting the interior as well as addressing the back wall and foundation.
NEXT efforts:
1. repairing the back foundation wall, the basement and the back brick wall itself.
2. finish brickwork....
3. finish the Portico
4. finish the windows
5. complete exterior painting and wood work
6. and turn to the interior structural efforts and reconstruction.
a. vapor barrier
b. walls and stairs
c. insulation
d. electrical
e. plumbing
f. drywall
g. floors
h. heating and cooling
i. misc .work to include bathroom, kitchen, landscaping, etc.
Some of this work will be concurrent.
Please DONATE HERE.
Legion Building - Fall 2014
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Legion Building - August 2023
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