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New Historic Panels Installed

Three new historic panels containing history and information have been installed outside on the grounds of the Squire's Tavern. This completes the set of four that will give visitors a brief summary on four topics: 1) A welcome to the Tavern and brief background of our site. 2) The Squire's Tavern...

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Richard on 09-03-2009
306) Stencil work starts on the walls of the ballroom!

306) Stencil work starts on the walls of the ballroom! - January 29, 2007 Historical Society volunteers Linne Landgraf and Sharon Lynes have spent a lot of time planning and preparing for the job of stenciling the walls of the ballroom at the Squire's Tavern. The stencils selected are some of the...

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 01-29-2007
300) Volunteers work at Squire's Tavern

300) Volunteers work at Squire's Tavern - June 14, 2006 Volunteers mow weeds on the grounds of the Squire's Tavern and paint storm doors. Dave Ravasio and his crew prepare to replace the floor boards on the front porch of the Tavern. Contractor Ed Kostak has been working on the roof of the archival...

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 06-14-2006
277) Stenciling the walls in the front parlor

277) Stenciling the walls in the front parlor - September 29, 2004 Volunteers Linne Landgraf and Sharon Lynes continue to work on the wall stencils in the front parlor of the Squire's Tavern. Throughout the summer a lot of research and planning has been done on the stencil patterns and layout. The...

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 09-29-2004
276) Painting, storage cleanup

276) Painting, storage cleanup - May 5, 2004 Volunteers Walt, Ted, Doug, Dave and Charlie clean out scrap lumber from the overhead storage in the wood shed. Dave also completed interior wall painting on the second floor stair well. Leon Daigle (employee of painting contractor Peter Webster) has almost...

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 05-05-2004
259) Squires Tavern work party

259) Squires Tavern work party - May 14, 2003 Dave and Charlie continue to work on the upstairs hallway conversion, installing some wood moldings where the two ceiling levels meet. Walt and Ted install one of the first new lighting fixtures. Ted Bachman (at right) and Walt Landgraf install one of the...

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 05-14-2003
132) Squires Tavern work party

132) Squires Tavern work party - December 19, 2001 Volunteers stacked brick on the porch and removed nails from damaged clapboards and stored the clapboards in the wood shed for woodstove fuel. Walt and Dave go to Shutesbury, MA to pick up a load of radially sawn pine clapboards to replace damaged clapboards...

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 12-19-2001
121) Squires Tavern work party

121) Squires Tavern work party - November 17, 2001 Volunteers cut and remove brush from the back yard of the Squires Tavern property.

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 11-17-2001
113) Squires Tavern work party

113) Squires Tavern work party - October 31, 2001 The same crew (Walt Landgraf, Dave Ravasio, Charlie Lynes and Ozzie Murphy) remove more wall material from the second floor (entrance to the tavern room) and also repair the cellar door so that it will shut and stay closed..

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 10-31-2001
57) Work party

57) Work party - May 23, 2001 Five volunteers work on the inside of the building cleaning floors, door and window trim. The water system is partially turned on. (Charlie Lynes working on the floors, Walt Landgraf, Dave Ravasio and Harriet Winchenbaugh washing doors and trim.).

Posted to Work Log (Weblog) by Paul on 05-23-2001

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