Howe’s Hall Restoration

by Peter Evans, Chair of Howe’s Hall Restoration Committee

I met with Chris Hill from Engineering Ventures two weeks ago and he has come up with a final plan to shore up the sanctuary floor from Howe’s Hall ceiling. When he did the original drawings, he only could see part of the structural support and so once we had the entire ceiling out, he came back to update his original work. Some of that work has already been done thanks to my son, Jackson who worked with me on Monday, October 18th, to add some structural members above the kitchen serving window, with the balance coming as soon as funds permit.

The floor has been installed in the bathrooms, closet and kitchen. Once the work is completed in the sanctuary floor, Country Floors will return to complete the installation in the hall.

Delary's will be installing the bathroom and kitchen fixtures this week and the port-a-let is scheduled to be removed this week as well.

The most recent grant application to the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation was completed and submitted by Debbie Maloney-Evans. We should know in December whether we will be funded to restore the windows in the hall and vestibule.

Insulation work continues this week with a completion date of another week or so. Almost all of the perimeter walls have been filled and once that is completed, work will begin in the space above the sanctuary. This work was partially funded by a matching grant from Vermont Interfaith Power and Light, Katy Gerke Memorial Program. Our deepest thanks to them.