Bravo! Thank you one and all. The Essex Historical barn has been saved! A barn that served the community well since the late 1700s as a salt hay barn and as a residence for the prominent American architect, Eleanor Raymond, will continue to be useful, like an old reliable friend. The barn has come from good stock and remains in fine shape and is in safe storage waiting for its next adventure.
Thank you all for your generous contributions large and small and to those who volunteered their time, energy, sweat and equipment to make this happen. We couldn’t have done it without the outpouring of support from neighbors far and near. Now with phase one complete, our next step is to finish our site plan in order to incorporate the structure into the current Waterline Center and the Evelina Goulhart to create a unified structure that tells the story of Essex as a society and as the juggernaut of the schooner building industry as it once was.
Stay tuned and follow us as we venture forward to create a new unified Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum. Yes, there will be a barn raising and we will continue to be offering lectures, workshops, festivals and more that celebrate community but we need your continued support. Please donate to your museum today, the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum, the “Heart and History of Essex”.
Dr. David M. Driscoll, President Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum
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