Preserving "the best-known small town in America"
from the East Putney Community Club
Thanks to a $1,650 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Putney Historical Society and East Putney Community Club will have the assistance of architect Jeremy Coleman and structural engineer Robert Leet in the renovation of Pierce’s Hall in East Putney.
PIERCE’S HALL RECEIVES GRANT FOR A NEW ROOF
by Anne Kerrey
EAST PUTNEY–Pierce’s Hall, a favorite venue of contra dancers and bands for the last 35 years, has passed a milestone on its path toward a new roof in the New Year. The Vermont Division of Historic Preservation has awarded the Putney Historical Society the full $12,500 that it and the East Putney Community Club requested to save the historic East Putney community building, built in 1832 as a Methodist meeting house. This state grant will provide half of the amount needed for a new standing seam metal roof for Pierce’s Hall.
Location: Pierce’s Hall, East Putney
Members present: Barbara Taylor, Ruth Barton, Stuart Strothman, Lindley Speers, Laurel Ellis, MaryJane MacGuire, Jane Rawley
Also present: 18 people, including Marilyn Loomis of the East Putney Community Club.
Meeting called to order by Ruth Barton.
In case you haven’t heard, the board of PHS determined that the historical society could not coexist with the monthly contra dances held at Pierce’s Hall. The East Putney Community Club was very generous to offer to share the space of the Hall, especially considering the historical society’s recent difficulty in finding a place to … Read more