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Gray
Building Update
July 19, 2004 Annie Gould The Gray Building Coalition has lots of exciting news to report. First, remember to save Sunday afternoon, September 26th for an Open House to celebrate the completion of the first floor and Phase One of the campaign. We will have tours, refreshments and group photos on the front steps. Norwich University has made an extraordinary gift of $50,000 to the campaign. Many local families have invested in the project by making donations in honor of their family. Businesses have also been generous to the campaign. Altogether we have raised over $913,000! The campaign committee is hard at work on the last $387,000 needed to complete the $1.3 million renovation costs. The restoration of the building is really moving along. Construction is right on schedule and the four first-floor tenants expect to move in on September 1st. The double staircase is back! There is a new oak staircase as you walk in the front door and the back staircase has been restored. The double staircase is one of the architectural features that make the historic Gray Building so unique. The site work is nearly complete and you can now walk from the parking lot into the Gray Building and not walk up a single stair. The cupola has been re-shingled and repainted and it previews how beautiful the building will look when all the exterior painting is complete. All 44-classroom windows are back in place and the classrooms are being painted a beautiful cream color. The blackboards in the community room (the 4th grade classroom) have been restored. And, the Northfield School Board has decided that the old school bell should be returned to it’s original home at the Gray Building. We are giving tours even while the building is under construction. On May 15th more than 200 guests attended an Open House and “hard hat” tour and on June 25th a group of former teachers and friends toured the building. Tours like these are an excellent way to get a feeling for the entire restoration project, so if you would like a tour, please give me, or one of our board members a call. You can also review our progress by visiting the photo album on our website at www.graybuilding.org.
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