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For Amy Calder’s column on a carpenter giving away his tools
For Amy Calder’s column on a carpenter giving away his tools
Wilson Hess, a member of the Freedom Community Historical Society board of directors, looks out a weather-beaten window Thursday at Keen Hall in Freedom. The historical society has received a grant that will allow it to restore the endangered historic building for use as a community center. He says the small town desperately needs one. "There are only 710 of us, but it helps to have something like that, and to have it be in the old village, we think, is the most appropriate."
Keen Hall sits on a hill along Route 137 in Freedom, near a part of the town known as Old Village.
An aged banister with a lath and plaster wall behind it is seen Thursday in the historic Keen Hall in Freedom. The building, which is listed as one of Maine's most endangered historic places, was acquired by the Freedom Community Historical Society in 2015, with the intent to create a headquarters for itself, along with a community center.
Wilson Hess, a member of the Freedom Community Historical Society board of directors, walks past a stairwell Thursday at Keen Hall in Freedom.
A sign at Keen Hall in Freedom indicates the future use of a room once renovations of the building are completed. Thanks to a grant from the National Park Service, the project may be finished by the end of the year.
