The Friends of Hemlock Gorge have secured a $4,323 state grant to instal two windows and a door in the historic stone barn over by Route 9, the Globe reports. Windows were purchased through prior matching funds program year and are already on-site.
Historic barn at Hemlock Gorge getting new windows and a door
by Village 14 | Jul 5, 2012 | Newton | 5 comments
This is a big event for the Friends of Hemlock Gorge and the people of Newton who have come to love this unique historical and environmental treasure.
It’s also fitting that the new windows are being installed in the old mill exactly 200 years after the British Navy began an effective blockade of Boston Harbor during the War of 1812.
Since no foreign goods were reaching Boston, the domestic market had to work overtime to supply the population with goods and services.
According to Ken Newcomb, who wrote the definitive works on the history of Newton Upper Falls and Hemlock Gorge, the Old Mill was right next to a spot on the River that large 10 horse teams of Conestoga Wagons used to stop to rest and water the animals. These wagons were the backbone of inland commerce during the blockade. They were sarcastically referred to as “Madison Wagons” after President James Madison Most of New England was dead set against that war.
It’s kind of cool to think these wagons were tooling down what is now Route 9 two hundred years ago this month.
Historic barn at Hemlock Gorge getting new windows and a door
2012 July 5
tags: hemlock gorgeby Village 14
.The Friends of Hemlock Gorge have secured a $4,323 state grant to instal two windows and a door in the historic stone barn over by Route 9, the Globe reports. Windows were purchased through prior matching funds program year and are already on-site.
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July 5, 2012
This is a big event for the Friends of Hemlock Gorge and the people of Newton who have come to love this unique historical and environmental treasure.
It’s also fitting that the new windows are being installed in the old mill exactly 200 years after the British Navy began an effective blockade of Boston Harbor during the War of 1812.
Since no foreign goods were reaching Boston, the domestic market had to work overtime to supply the population with goods and services.
According to Ken Newcomb, who wrote the definitive works on the history of Newton Upper Falls and Hemlock Gorge, the Old Mill was right next to a spot on the River that large 10 horse teams of Conestoga Wagons used to stop to rest and water the animals. These wagons were the backbone of inland commerce during the blockade. They were sarcastically referred to as “Madison Wagons” after President James Madison Most of New England was dead set against that war.
It’s kind of cool to think these wagons were tooling down what is now Route 9 two hundred years ago this month.
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It should be noted that Amy and John Sangiolo of the Charles River Neighborhood Foundation contributed the original local match for the construction of the historic windows and that Erica Aubin of the Department of Conservation and Recreation diligently pursued the myriad of bureaucratic tasks necessary to get the windows installed.
Friends of Hemlock Gorge can celebrate this happy event at our annual picnic/concert on August 7 from late afternoon to dusk in the meadow in Needham across the Charles River from the Mill Falls complex on Elliot Street in Newton. Picnickers should bring their own food and drink. A grill will be provided as will copies of Ken Newcomb’s history of Newton Upper Falls “Makers of the Mold” for $18.
Alderman Brian Yates
President, Friends of Hemlock Gorge
617-244-2601
http://www.hemlockgorge.org
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Brian Yates says:
July 11, 2012 at 10:31 am
It should be noted that Amy and John Sangiolo of the Charles River Neighborhood Foundation contributed the original local match for the construction of the historic windows and that Erica Aubin of the Department of Conservation and Recreation diligently pursued the myriad of bureaucratic tasks necessary to get the windows installed.
Friends of Hemlock Gorge can celebrate this happy event at our annual picnic/concert on August 7 from late afternoon to dusk in the meadow in Needham across the Charles River from the Mill Falls complex on Elliot Street in Newton. Picnickers should bring their own food and drink. A grill will be provided as will copies of Ken Newcomb’s history of Newton Upper Falls “Makers of the Mold” for $18.
Alderman Brian Yates
President, Friends of Hemlock Gorge
617-244-2601
http://www.hemlockgorge.org
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Read more: http://village14.com/netwon-ma/2012/07/grant-awarded-to-enhance-historic-barn-at-hemlock-gorge/#ixzz20KBSTwGZ
It should be noted that Amy and John Sangiolo of the Charles River Neighborhood Foundation contributred the local match for the construction of the historic windows and that Erica Aubin of the Department of Conservation and Recreation has completed the numerous bureaucratic tasks necessary to complete the installation of the windows.
The Friends of Hemlock Gorge will celebrate this milestone at our annual picnic/concert on August 7 in the meadow in Needham in front of the bulletin board and across from the Mill Falls complex on Elliot Street in Newton. Picnickers should bring their own food and drink.
A grill and music will be provided. Copies of Ken Newcomb’s history of Newton Upper Falls “Makers of the Mold” will be available for $18 each.
Alderman Brian Yates
President, Friends of Hemlock Gorge
617-244-2601
http://www.hemlockgorge.org
It should be noted that Amy and John Sangiolo of the Charles River Neighborhood Foundation contributed the local share of the construction of the historic windows and that Erica Aubin of the Department of Conservation and Recreation completed the bureaucratic tasks that enabled us to complete the project.
Alderman Brian Yates
President
Friends of Hemlock Gorge
www,hemlockgorge.org
Please come to celebrate with us on Tuesday August 7 from five o’clock to dusk in the meadow in Needham across from the Mills Falls complex for our annual picnic/concert.
The new windows have been installed on this old gem and are looking good. Meanwhile, the DCR asked the contractors who’ve been building the new dam just across the river, whether they’d like some giant cubes of concrete. It turns out that they did, so they hauled away the concrete blocks, that have sat for years, just in front of the stone barn.