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Church-Orr House
VerShare's activities center around the Church-Orr House, built about 1830,
and situated on Route 113 in
Vershire Village - next to the Town Office.
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The Church-Orr House was donated to
VerShare by Theo Howe in 1998. The building is said to have been a coach house on a stagecoach route from Boston to Montreal.
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Church-Orr House History
The Church-Orr House, built around 1830, is immediately adjacent to Vershire
Town Offices and across the road from the Town Center Building. The house was a
coach house on a stagecoach route from Boston to Montreal. One large upstairs
bedroom is still referred to as "the bunk room". Theo Howe's family
from great-grandparents, Hiram and Lucyette Church, to her parents ran a general
store and the post office in one portion of their home. The main store counter
is still in place.
On August 12th, 1998, Vershire native Theo Howe donated the Church-Orr House
to VerShare. At that time VerShare was a working unit of George D. Aiken
Resource Conservation and Development Council (GDA RC&DC) operating under
their 501.c.3, thus the initial transfer was to George D. Aiken RC & DC. In
December1999 VerShare received its own 501.c.3 nonprofit status and began
arrangements to complete the deed transfer from GDA RC&DC to VerShare
Corporation. These were completed in the summer of 2000. VerShare is well into
the process of restoring this wonderful resource for the benefit of
Vershire and the greater community.
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This page was last modified:
May 01, 2008.
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