1856 MA Bell Tower Returns Home

MONMOUTH ACADEMY RESTORATION PROJECT REACHES MAJOR MILESTONE WITH

HISTORIC BELL TOWER INSTALLATION

MONMOUTH, MAINE — NICKERSON & O’DAY, INC., IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF MONMOUTH AND THE MONMOUTH ACADEMY REBUILDING COMMITTEE, WILL CELEBRATE A MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE MONMOUTH ACADEMY RESTORATION PROJECT WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE ACADEMY’S FULLY RESTORED HISTORIC BELL TOWER ON THURSDAY MAY 8TH, 2025 AT 11:00AM.

RATHER THAN A TRADITIONAL "TOPPING-OFF" CEREMONY, THIS HISTORIC EVENT WILL FEATURE THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED LIFTING OF THE FULLY RESTORED BELL TOWER INTO PLACE ATOP THE ACADEMY BUILDING — THE SAME LOCATION WHERE IT’S PREDECESSOR STOOD FOR MORE THAN 175 YEARS. THIS EVENT SIGNIFIES ANOTHER MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT TOWARD RETURNING THIS BELOVED LANDMARK TO ITS FORMER GLORY. THE NEW BELL TOWER WAS CAREFULLY REBUILT USING A COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP AND MODERN MATERIALS TO BE A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL. NICKERSON & O’DAY AND SEVERAL SPECIALTY SUBCONTRACTORS WORKED THROUGH THE WINTER TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW TOWER AT A LOCATION OFF-SITE.

THE TOWER WAS LOADED ONTO A FLATBED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE SEVERAL DAYS AGO AND WORKERS HAVE BEEN BUSY READYING IT FOR IT’S MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT, MEMBERS OF THE MONMOUTH ACADEMY REBUILDING COMMITTEE WILL SIGN THE STRUCTURE AND THEN SIGNAL TO COTE CRANE AS THEY LIFT THE TOWER INTO IT’S FINAL PLACE ATOP THE BUILDING. LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY.