PARTNERSHIP SUCCESSES
TUDOR BARN RESTORATION PROJECT
SUMMER 2006
A new interpretation sign unveiled at the Pond Street entrance to historic Virginia Wood,
thanks to a partnership
between theFriends of the
Fells, theDepartment of
Conservationand Recreation,
and Winchester Eagle Scout
Brian McAardle and his
father Barry. In June a
Friends of Fells financial
contribution was matched by the DCR’s Partnership program funds for the purchase of sign materials.
SUMMER 2007
Fells district state elected officials arranged for financing to restore the decades long damaged Wright's Tower roof which was completed during the summer of 2007.
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On August 10, 2006, a ceremony was held on the shore of Spot Pond to mark completion of a decade-long effort led by the Friends to save the historic Tudor Barn. On hand to mark the occasion were Friends of Fells members, Dept. of Conservation Commissioner Stephen Burrington, a spokesman from the Mass Water Resources Authority, political representatives and many others.
During the restoration process a stone mason said that the Barn (originally built in the late 1840s) would now be sound for another century!
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Before and after photos of the
historic Tudor Barn restoration project
Tom Mahlstedt, Barry McArdle,
Brian McArdle, and Mike Arnott
MIT’s Middlesex Fells Geodetic Observatory
“The present year (1899) marks a radical change in the course of instruction in geodesy (the study of the shape, size, and gravity of the earth) at the (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The occasion is the completion of a geodetic observatory at Middlesex Fells, where instruction is now given in astronomical observations such as will prepare students for the career of observer in geodetic work. . .” The Geodetic Observatory at Middlesex Fells by George L. Hosmer, read April 13, 1899; published in “The Technology Quarterly” V.12, MIT
