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Methuen
Memorial Music Hall Collectible |
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more information on the collectible itself.
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Turret
Restoration Project |
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Commissioned by Edward F.
Searles (1841-1920) and designed by Music Hall architect Henry Vaughan
(1845-1917), the battlements ashlar granite turrets and piers along the Spicket
river at the Music Hall's southern property line where built around 1900.
They have witnessed fires, floods, vandalism, and a hundred years of
ever-changing New England weather. These detrimental conditions have
eroded the mortar and released the granite blocks, reducing the once mighty
structures to unsightly rubble. (Click here to see before and after photographs of one of the turrets.) The Massachusetts Historical Commission has awarded a Massachusetts Preservation Fund Matching Grant of $50,000 for their restoration. The grant will provide half of the total project cost of $100,000, but only if the Music Hall Board of Trustees can raise the other half. Your purchase of the MMMH Collectible will help meet the critical goal of $50,000 to secure the matching grant and restore the structures for the enjoyment and admiration of future generations. The collectible is available at the Music Hall during Music Hall events at a price of $19.95 each. It is also available by mail order at $25.00 each, postpaid by First Class Mail. |
Check made payable to Methuen Memorial
Music Hall, Inc.
Send to:
Collectible
Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Inc.
38 Chestnut Court
North Andover, Massachusetts 01845-5320