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Pierce Hall Community
Center, Inc.
38 Main St.
P.O. Box 36
Rochester, VT 05767 |
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Pierce
Hall Calendar DInner:
March 27, 2012
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Previous Calendar Dinners
A big success at the annual theme-based fundraising event.
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Rates:
Rates begin at $30/hr. for rental of auditorium.
For winter months (Oct. - Apr.), a $50 heating surcharge is applied per event.
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| Pierce Hall in the 1920’s. |
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“Where,
except in a typical New England Village like Rochester, could
such a gathering be held, old and young, from far and near,
meeting for a common purpose, a good time together?”
— Opening of
Pierce Memorial Hall, 1916 |
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| Pierce Hall today. |
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| Old sheetrock has seen
its last day. |
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WANT TO PARTICIPATE?
For further information about YOUR participation in PHCC,
please contact:
Valerie F. Levitan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, PHCC,
P.O. Box 36
Rochester, VT 05767
Phone: (802) 767-9599
vfl@piercehall.org |
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The next step in restoration of Pierce Hall is to construct an elevator and
stair tower so that the building will be handicapped-accessible,
as mandated by the Americans for Disabiities Act.
In the meantime, activities in the auditorium are
permitted on a case by case basis.
Update: January 2013. The elevator tower is almost
completed! Here is a photo of the progress as of January
22.
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Our Vision: The Five Phases of the Project
>>See
the Chronology Highlights of PHCC
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To date Pierce Hall has raised the funds for the deed transfer,
Phases I and II, (now into Phases III and IV) and has paid
the expenses such as architect’s and engineer’s
fees as well as operational costs approximating $20,000 a
year for utilities, insurance, the annual mailing, postage,
and event expenses. It has been estimated that volunteer hours
have totaled over $350,000 worth of time each year for management,
grant-writing, public relations, accounting, and incidental
construction labor. The Town of Rochester has given a 5-year
tax abatement twice.
Pierce Hall is listed with the State of Vermont’s Division
of Historic Sites, and its location in the Town of Rochester
has been determined to be part of the Designated Village Center.
Letters of support have been received from the six towns and
from numerous organizations such as the Center for Valley
Youth, Quintown Senior Center, Route 100 Lions Club, White
River Valley Players, Rochester Chamber Music Society, Suzuki
Green Mountain Summer Institute, and Quintown Prevention Partnership.
The original painted curtain has now been restored.
We thank all of you for your interest and support during the
restoration stages of Pierce Hall Community Center. We hope
you will join with us as we move foward with this project
and help us to make it happen. For further information about
YOUR participation in PHCC, please contact
us.
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