The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine

Campaign Timeline & Slideshow

The visual timeline below captures milestones from the overall capital campaign.
Activating the Adobe Flash slideshow provides more detailed information on the building restoration process.

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			August 2009 Last step...the Main Street facade power-washed and repainted by Painting by Northeast	July 2009 Structural renovations on the Main Street complex are completed!	June 2009 Lawn in front of Program Center re-seeded.	March 2009 Upper floors strengthened with new framing. Access and venitlation restored to attic spaces.
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February 2009 Three steel beams are craned into the buildings for support. Also, real-time slideshow of the renovations goes online.	January 2009 Work is done in the basements to remove rubble, repair sills and framing, install concrete slabs, and dampproof.	December 2008 Exterior sitework accomplished to install dry well to improve drainage systems. Also, carpenter shed demolished.	November 2008 Additional studies and plans made for submission for building permits and approvals from the Kennebunk Historic Preservation Commission.	September 2008 DeStefano & Associates, Inc. is hired as the Museum's construction management firm.	August 2008 Donors honored and thanked at Appreciation Event	June 2008 Commemorative bricks are installed in the courtyard walkways.
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April 2008 On the move! Museum staff and volunteers receive training and start packing the china, glass, and fine arts collections for the move.	January 2008 Plans are underway to temporarily move the contents of the Museum's archives building to offsite storage, in anticipation of repairing the structural issues in this edifice first. Inventorying continues throughout the winter.	September 2007 Repainting the exterior of the Brick Store building is completed	July 2007 Campaign tops the million-dollar mark!	June 2007 Repointing and chimneys completed Demolition continues on private property adjacent to the Museum and, as a result, opens up the approach to the Museum's entry walkway.	May 2007 Repair of front chimneys begins; banner goes up on scaffolding anticipating the repointing on the Main St. facade	April 2007 Repointing of the north wall completed
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March 2007 Rear chimney repaired. Work begins on repointing the north wall	February 2007 Completion of repointing of the Museum's south and east walls	January 2007 Ocean National Bank presents $1000 as the first gift of 2007	December 2006 Scaffolding set and repairs to brickwork begin	November 2006 Commemorative brick project announced	October 2006 Campaign crests the halfway mark.	September 2006 Campaign banners installed.
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August 2006 Campaign website launched.	July 2006 Connecting Generations 2006 Capital Campaign enters public phase with $650k in hand	June 2006 Campaign is publicly launched on June 20 at the 66th Annual Members' Meeting at The Colony Hotel. WCSH6 anchor Bill Green gives the keynote address.	February 2006 Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation makes lead gift pledge of $100,000.	January 2006 President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush are named honorary co-chairs of the campaign.	June 2005 Campaign previewed at Museum's 2005 Annual Members' Meeting.	November 2004 Comprehensive engineering study completed on Museum's buildings.