Center Meeting House

This photo shows the interior of the CMH following work that was accomplished a couple of years ago to repair and replace load-bearing members that had failed due to years of leakage in the roof.  The rot that had occurred reduced the ability of three of the roof rafters and the columns that supported them on one end to carry their design loads.

Some people felt that a good snow followed by a rain storm might be enough of a load to bring the whole building down. You can see one of the 42' rafters going off to the right that replaced the old one which had completely failed.  Nothing but a bad job of fastening it together with steel plates and bolts that went through rotted out wood kept this beam from falling to the floor of the CMH.

Major work to be accomplished in this area is replacement of the plaster that adds so much to the accoustics and the overall finish of the interior.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of $250,000 of the $300,000 needed to complete the structure has been raised.  The sale of additional pew sponsorships will ensure that the building is in a useable state by the end of this summer of 2010.  We would love to be planning a celebration in the Meeting House for early fall.