Milestones and Events

Replicated window ready for installation.
Installation of replicated window, replacing old fire exit.

Installation of replicated window, replacing old fire exit.

In August 2019, Jeremy Whitehouse and Ed Pelotte returned to Liberty Hall to reinstall the three restored windows. At the same time, they replaced the old fire exit door with a fabricated fourth sash that matches the original windows.

Windows from the rear facade of Liberty Hall being restored by Ed Pelotte, ready for reinstallation in the summer of 2019

In the summer of 2018, the windows in the rear façade of Liberty Hall were removed for restoration. Over the winter, Ed Pelotte of Winslow Glass and Restoration worked on the windows in his workshop in Winslow, Maine.

With the very generous support of the Fisher Foundation, the Davis Family Foundation and the Maine Community Foundation Belvedere Fund, the Friends have been able to begin the urgently needed repair work on the rear façade of Liberty Hall.

In August 2018, the three rear windows were removed from the building. Over the winter, they were expertly repaired and restored by Ed Pelotte at Jacobs Glass and Restoration in Winslow. At the same time, a fourth window was replicated to replace the old fire exit door from the theater level of the building.

The Friends of Liberty Hall have been awarded $20,000 from the Maine Community Foundation's Belvedere Fund. The funds will go toward the restoration of the rear facade of Liberty Hall. In particular, the MCF grant will allow for the return and reinstallation of four rear windows next summer.

In August, Jeremy Whitehouse of Whitehouse Management and Construction Company supervised the removal of the existing windows from the back of Liberty Hall

They have been taken to the workshop of Jacobs Glass and Restoration in Winslow. Here they will be repaired and restored and a fourth window manufactured to go into the space on the second floor of Liberty Hall where there had previously be a fire exit.

The very generous support provided by the Fisher Foundation, the Davis Family Foundation and the Maine Community Belvedere Fund enables the Friends of Liberty Hall to continue the important process of restoration. The Friends remain committed to returning Liberty Hall to the community. As we move forward, we remain grateful for the continuing support of the Town of Machiasport and Maine Historic Preservation Commission.

Photographs courtesy of Dylan Ladds