Seamen's Hospital needs new roof
The Seaman's Hospital in Douglastown is in desperate need of a new roof and the owners of the building are looking for ways to raise money for it.
"We're looking for some help," said Carmel Jagoe, the president of Miramichi Heritage Incorporated, the organization which takes care of the historic building that was commerated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board in September of 2000.
"From anybody really," said Symone Daley, a past president of the group.
The roof of the building, which was built in 1831, is in pretty poor shape. It leaks and has been patched and painted over several times.
"We need a new roof. There's no sense in patching it again," said W. Blake Johnstone, the treasurer.
The building is home to several local organizations. The Miramichi Quilting Guild uses it on Tuesdays,the Miramichi Fiddlers use it on Wednesdays and the Sovereign Community Church uses it on Sundays. It's also the headquarters of the Douglastown Lions Club.
"We'd like to put a steel roof on," Johnstone said.
Forget help from the City of Miramichi, he said. They put in for a grant and weren't even acknowledged.
"We put in for $12,000 from the city and we didn't get five cents. But they have money for everything else."
In May of 1989, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada declared that "as a rare surviving example of an important and interesting building type, the Marine Hospital at Douglastown is of national historic and architectural significance and it is recommended that the Marine Hospital be assigned as Category 1 or High Priority Classification for cost-sharing."
Category 1 for cost-sharing sounds pretty good, doesn't it? So just how much does Heritage Canada pitch in for the maintenance of the only surviving Seaman's Hospital in North America?
"They give us a cheque for $400 a year to cut the grass," Johnstone said.
Ouch.
The organizers plan to have a fundraiser to help raise money for the new roof.
"We're looking to put on a hootenanny," Daley said.
"Looks like that's the only way we're going to get any money for a new roof," Jagoe said.
Jagoe pointed to a water stain in the ceiling of the building.
"If that continues they might have to shut the building down. It's a shame because it's such a beautiful building." Jagoe said.
"In September the building will be 175-years-old and she'd like a new roof for her birthday," she said.
The date for the hootenanny hasn't been set yet. Stay tuned for updates.
"We're looking for some help," said Carmel Jagoe, the president of Miramichi Heritage Incorporated, the organization which takes care of the historic building that was commerated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board in September of 2000.
"From anybody really," said Symone Daley, a past president of the group.
The roof of the building, which was built in 1831, is in pretty poor shape. It leaks and has been patched and painted over several times.
"We need a new roof. There's no sense in patching it again," said W. Blake Johnstone, the treasurer.
The building is home to several local organizations. The Miramichi Quilting Guild uses it on Tuesdays,the Miramichi Fiddlers use it on Wednesdays and the Sovereign Community Church uses it on Sundays. It's also the headquarters of the Douglastown Lions Club.
"We'd like to put a steel roof on," Johnstone said.
Forget help from the City of Miramichi, he said. They put in for a grant and weren't even acknowledged.
"We put in for $12,000 from the city and we didn't get five cents. But they have money for everything else."
In May of 1989, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada declared that "as a rare surviving example of an important and interesting building type, the Marine Hospital at Douglastown is of national historic and architectural significance and it is recommended that the Marine Hospital be assigned as Category 1 or High Priority Classification for cost-sharing."
Category 1 for cost-sharing sounds pretty good, doesn't it? So just how much does Heritage Canada pitch in for the maintenance of the only surviving Seaman's Hospital in North America?
"They give us a cheque for $400 a year to cut the grass," Johnstone said.
Ouch.
The organizers plan to have a fundraiser to help raise money for the new roof.
"We're looking to put on a hootenanny," Daley said.
"Looks like that's the only way we're going to get any money for a new roof," Jagoe said.
Jagoe pointed to a water stain in the ceiling of the building.
"If that continues they might have to shut the building down. It's a shame because it's such a beautiful building." Jagoe said.
"In September the building will be 175-years-old and she'd like a new roof for her birthday," she said.
The date for the hootenanny hasn't been set yet. Stay tuned for updates.
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