Portland Press Herald: Celebrating the rebirth of Brunswick’s Lemont Block

Thanks to the Brunswick Times Record and the Portland Press Herald for their coverage of the completion of renovations at the Lemont Block.

Here’s an excerpt:

“Gen. Joshua Chamberlain spoke there. So did abolitionist Frederick Douglas. It has hosted secret societies, such as the Knights of Pythias, and fundraisers for the fire department and Brunswick High School graduations. My wife Tina even took ballroom dancing on the site in the 1950s. The point is made: the Lemont Block, at the intersection of Maine and Pleasant streets has served as a Brunswick mainstay for over 150 years.

Bowdoin Orient editors recognized the impact of Lemont Hall way back in April 1871, just a year after it was built. As a reporter wrote, “Nothing which has been done in Brunswick for many years has been productive of so much benefit to the town, and the pleasure to students, as the erection of the Lemont Hall.””

Read the entire article here by DAVID TREADWELL.