[MassHistPres] Help the 1681 Old Ship Meeting House

[Alexander Macmillan]

The Old Ship Meeting House needs you to vote often and early so that it may
win a grant that will go toward its preservation for future generations.
 
The Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, MA, is thrilled to announce that it
has just been selected by American Express and the National Trust for
Historic Preservation to participate in this year's Partners in Preservation
program. Under this initiative, Old Ship is eligible to compete for $1
million in preservation funding from American Express.  
 
The country's oldest wooden building in continuous religious use and the
only surviving First Period Meeting House, Old Ship is one of 25 Greater
Boston sites chosen through a highly competitive process, Old Ship will take
part in a five-week online contest. The public will cast votes for the
landmarks they would most like to see receive funding.  The site that earns
the highest number of public votes is guaranteed to receive funding. If Old
Ship wins, it will be possible to undertake vital exterior restoration
projects and the construction of a removable, weatherproof covering to make
possible for viewing recently discovered 17th-century outside doors believed
to be the only ones of that period in the country still in their original
location.
 
Your support is needed.  Please Vote for the Old Ship Meeting House. You can
vote once daily!
 
>From April 14 through May 17, visit www.partnersinpreservation.com
<http://www.partnersinpreservation.com/>  to cast your vote for the Old Ship
Meeting House and to share your own photos and stories of our site.  . We
need your help! Please spread the word! Send this message to family,
friends, colleagues, everyone you know! It's fun, it's easy, it's fast, and
we need your votes!
 
Please join us in this high-tech twist on historic preservation and help
protect Greater Boston's treasured cultural heritage. 
 


 

 

Alexander Macmillan, Chair

Hingham Historical Commission

P.O. Box 212

Hingham, MA  02043

 

Tel:  781-749-0612

Cell: 781-775-4275

Fax: 781-749-1795

Email:  alexandermacmillan at comcast.net

 

 

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