Projects Completed by the Harpswell Garden Club Civic Committee between 1939 and 1970

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  • The Kellogg Church Walk
  • The World War II Memorial Walk and Plantings
  • The Fire Department Well
  • Painting the Improvement Hall
  • Metal Legs for Harpswell Day Tables
  • Moving and Restoring the Old Hearse House
  • Acquiring the Surrey
  • Restoring the Historic Stepping-Stone
  • Clearing and Restoring the Old Burying Ground
  • Restoring the Old Town House in 1958
  • Restoring the North Harpswell Union Church
  • Creating the Anne Frances Hodgkins Park and Arboretum
  • Landscaping the West Harpswell Elementary School
  • Establishing a Memorial Garden at Brunswick Naval Air Station in 1968
  • Creating the Rose Garden at the Parish Church in Harpswell, England and donating a Wrought-Iron Flower Stand to the Church
  • Plantings at the Harpswell Island School
  • Contributing to the Restoration of the Cundy’s Harbor Church
  • Supporting Garden Therapy at Togus Veterans Hospital

 

A Story of a Civic Committee

Read a brief history of the Harpswell Garden Club's Civic Committee.

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