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support"Home At Last" Capital Campaign
Thank you to all of our "Home at Last" supporters!On May 1, 2009 the exterior restoration of Citizens' Hall was completed! Thank you to architect Dana Bixby, AIA; General Contractor Peter Hamm of Historic Preservation Associates; Chris Albrecht of Chris's Carpentry and Gregory Farmer of Agricola Corporation for all of their hard work and dedication. Thanks as well to the Board, Building Committee and campaign supporters. You made it possible! HISTORY Citizens Hall was designed in 1870 by Charles T. Rathburn to serve as a district schoolhouse on the first floor with a large public meeting hall on the second floor. After district schools were consolidated, Citizens Hall continued to be used as a meeting place, but with decreasing frequency. Old Curtisville, Inc. was organized as a community group to preserve and restore the building and was instrumental in obtaining a grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission for critical repairs in 1975. Founded in 1991, for the first 14 years IS183 Art School leased space in the historic Citizens Hall. In 2005 we merged with the buildings previous owner, Old Curtisville, Inc. and now own the building outright. After acquiring title to Citizens Hall in June 2005, IS 183 Art School immediately embarked on our "Home At Last" campaign; a four-phase program of capital repairs and improvements to address the widespread effects of deferred maintenance on the building. |
