Dave Quimby, from Nickerson & O'Day Inc., prepares Thursday to remove the supports that a Cote Crane & Rigging crane used to lift the new bell tower into place on top of Monmouth Academy on Academy Road, across the street from the high school. In partnership with the town of Monmouth and the Monmouth Academy Rebuilding Committee, the former school's bell tower was rebuilt and replaced. It was a major milestone in the restoration of the building that will become a multi-function use facility for the town and private use.
Students from the new Monmouth Academy celebrate Thursday as the bell rings in the bell tower of the former Monmouth Academy, which is under reconstruction.
Kristin Sanborn, right, and Lori Fairchild-Guifford embrace Thursday morning as the bell rings in the bell tower at Monmouth Academy. Both are on the committee that helped secure funding and facilitated the restoration of the former school. Guifford went to school there and her father was the principal before becoming superintendent.
Dave Quimby, from Nickerson & O'Day Inc., prepares Thursday to remove the supports that a Cote Crane & Rigging crane used to lift the new bell tower into place on top of Monmouth Academy on Academy Road, across the street from the high school. In partnership with the town of Monmouth and the Monmouth Academy Rebuilding Committee, the former school's bell tower was rebuilt and replaced. It was a major milestone in the restoration of the building that will become a multi-function use facility for the town and private use.
Alberta Kemp Burnham signs a board Thursday morning that will be attached to the bell tower at Monmouth Academy. She graduated from the school in 1954 and was on hand with many others to watch the rebuilt bell tower hoisted into place.
The new bell tower adorns Monmouth Academy Thursday.
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