Category Archives: 250th event

THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL 250th!

Posted on December 20, 2012 | Comments Off

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As the year winds down, we would like to take a moment to thank all the wonderful people who contributed their time and creativity to the Hallowell 250th Celebration. It was a wonderful year!

Jane Orbeton – Co-chair
Gerry Mahoney – Co-chair

Richard Bachelder
Nancy Bell
Anne Berry
Richard Bostwick
Cary Colwell
Janis Cross
Larry Davis
Mary Lou Dyer
Deborah Fahy
Albert Hague
Joan Hague
Deanna Hallett
Laura Harper
Harmon Harvey
Jane Harvey
Ava Katz
Noah Katz
Robert Katz
Stacy Mondschein Katz
Ruth LaChance
Jeanne Langsdorf
Barbara Lord
Nancy McGinnis
Robert McIntire
Arthur Moore
Robert Moriarty
Jane Paxton
Katy Perry
Michael Starn
Muriel Surowiec
Jeffrey Thompson
Harvey Versteeg
Melicent Versteeg
Charlotte Warren
Sumner Webber
Anne Young

and of course…the City Hall Staff, Hallowell PD and Hallowell PW

Thank you all! See you in 50 years when we’ll do it all again!

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A gift for Hallowell Food Bank

Posted on December 8, 2012 | Comments Off

A gift for Hallowell Food Bank

Jack Walsh, President of the Hallowell Food Bank accepting a check for $1,100 from Sam Weber & Katy Perry. Proceeds from the sale of “Recollections and Reflections”, the book they organized together in celebration of the 250th anniversary of  Hallowell.

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The Architecture of Hallowell

Posted on November 16, 2012 | Comments Off

Monday, December 3 at 7 pm
Hallowell City Hall

With Amy Cole Ives and Scott Hanson. This lecture and slide show was a hit last spring. Many told us they were disappointed they couldn’t attend so we’re repeating it! No charge for attendance.

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Hallowell Cemetery Tour!

Posted on August 14, 2012 | Comments Off

Next up as part of our Hallowell at 250th Celebrations:

Saturday, September 22 at 1 pm     
Hallowell Cemetery tour with Sam Webber

Narration on notable Hallowell citizens and veterans from the American Revolution and the Civil War.

Meet at the Civil War Monument at the south end of the cemetery.

Note the change in date to September 22.

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Historic Vaughan Woods Presentation and Walking Tour of the Vaughan Woods

Posted on August 1, 2012 | 3 Comments
with Lloyd Irland, forestry consultant, author, and lecturer

August 12 at 1 pm

Lloyd will give a presentation on the history of Maine forests in relation to Vaughan Woods at the Vaughan Homestead and then lead folks on a walking tour of the Vaughan Woods. Feel free to just attend the presentation if walking is not comfortable for you!

Sponsored by the Vaughan Homestead Foundation

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New book celebrates Hallowell homes

Posted on July 2, 2012 | Comments Off

As printed in the Kennebec journal on July 12, 2012

‘The Dwellings’ coffee table book shows variety of Hallowell homes

By Susan McMillan smcmillan@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer

HALLOWELL — The homes in the coffee table book “The Dwellings” are downtown and out in the country. They include houses, condos, a nursing home and a bed and breakfast.

“Any place a person sleeps, we figured that was a dwelling,” said Jane Paxton, who spearheaded the creation of the book as a fundraiser for the historic preservation group Row House.

The books arrived Wednesday, and residents who paid to have their homes featured can pick up their copies at an event Sunday evening at Slates Restaurant.

Row House will sell copies at Old Hallowell Day next weekend and through several stores in the city to raise money for historic preservation projects at the fire station and elsewhere in the city.

Paxton said “The Dwellings” was inspired by a book created for Hallowell’s 200th anniversary celebration in 1962.   … read the full article

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Walking Tour of Historic Hallowell Waterfront

Posted on June 25, 2012 | 1 Comment

Two opportunities!

with historians Sam Webber and Arthur Moore

- leaving from the Bulkhead at north end of town

 Saturday, June 30 at 10 am

Sunday, July 8 at 10 am

We will visit four locations along the waterfront and discuss the oil tankers and the steam boats that visited Hallowell in days gone by; the Hallowell-Chelsea bridge, and the businesses that thrived along the waterfront including Wingate Coal, the shipyards, the granite wharf and the ice houses.

Tours are weather permitting and last about one hour.

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Granite Quarries Tour

Posted on June 25, 2012 | 1 Comment

August 5th tour cancelled due to high water in the quarry — no plans to reschedule at this time

 

with Leonard Nason, owner of Granite Works LLC

Meet at 414 Winthrop Street, just west of the quarry site, toward Manchester, at the home of Lenny Nason. Wear walking shoes.

Sunday, August 5 at 1 pm – CANCELLED

Here’s your chance! One of the quarries has been drained, allowing us to see carvings in the remaining stone as well as equipment used in harvesting the granite. Stone produced from the quarry was used in the Manhattan Bridge Archway; the Maine State House; the Pilgrim Monument in Plymouth, Mass.; and the New York State Capitol plaza in Albany.

Tours are weather permitting and last about one hour.

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Cake baking contest set for Old Hallowell Day

Posted on June 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

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Commemorating Rev. Melville Cox

Posted on June 2, 2012 | Comments Off

Can you name the educational institution, located across the globe, that was modeled on Kents Hill School? You’ll know the answer after reading this new marker, commemorating Rev. Melville Cox. Dedication ceremony on Saturday, June 2nd is part of the Hallowell 250th celebration!

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