It took five men, plus a pulley system, to return the recently restored 1930 Readfield Union Meeting House clock to its original spot. The clock's installation is one of the final steps in a decades-long renovation project on the Readfield Union Meeting House, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Completion of the project is expected by the end of next year with the reinstallation of the rest of the building's tower, as well as its spire, which was blown off in a storm in 1916 and never replaced.
Decorative painting on the wall of the Readfield Union Meeting House in Readfield is shown Thursday. Portland artist Charles Schumacher painted the walls and ceiling during an 1868 renovation in trompe l'oil — French for "to fool the eye" — artwork, depicting realistic three-dimensional columns on flat surfaces. The meeting house is the only fully preserved exhibition of Schumacher's 51 commissioned works in Maine.
Workers hoist a 750-pound clock up onto scaffolding Thursday at the Readfield Union Meeting House. The century-old clock's installation is one of the final steps in a decades-long renovation project at the site, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Workers hoist a 750-pound clock up onto scaffolding Thursday at the Readfield Union Meeting House. The century-old clock's installation is one of the final steps in a decades-long renovation project at the site, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Workers hoist a 750-pound clock up onto scaffolding Thursday at the Readfield Union Meeting House. The century-old clock's installation is one of the final steps in a decades-long renovation project at the site, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The clock work mechanism is pictured before it was hoisted into the tower of the Readfield Union Meeting House Thursday.
Decorative painting on the wall of the Readfield Union Meeting House in Readfield is shown Thursday. Portland artist Charles Schumacher painted the walls and ceiling during an 1868 renovation in trompe l'oil — French for "to fool the eye" — artwork, depicting realistic three-dimensional columns on flat surfaces. The meeting house is the only fully preserved exhibition of Schumacher's 51 commissioned works in Maine.
Decorative painting on the wall of the Readfield Union Meeting House in Readfield is shown Thursday. Portland artist Charles Schumacher painted the walls and ceiling during an 1868 renovation in trompe l'oil — French for "to fool the eye" — artwork, depicting realistic three-dimensional columns on flat surfaces. The meeting house is the only fully preserved exhibition of Schumacher's 51 commissioned works in Maine.
It took five men, plus a pulley system, to return the recently restored 1930 Readfield Union Meeting House clock to its original spot. The clock's installation is one of the final steps in a decades-long renovation project on the Readfield Union Meeting House, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Completion of the project is expected by the end of next year with the reinstallation of the rest of the building's tower, as well as its spire, which was blown off in a storm in 1916 and never replaced.
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