The Canaan Historical Society is pleased to announce that the Society has received a $10,000 matching grant from the Veillette-Nifosi Foundation of East Chatham to support window restoration, which is the next major phase of the restoration for the Society’s 1829 Meeting House. The Meeting House serves as a museum, exhibiting Canaan historical family and business artifacts and as a gathering place for historic programs.
This grant will be used to help reach the $75,000 goal for partial window restoration. The windows involved are six triple-hung small paned glass windows and the Palladian window over the Meeting House front door. The building’s stained- glass windows will be part of a future contract.
The Hstorical Society will have to raise $10,000 to earn the matching grant. Therefore, we are soliciting funds from the community to meet the match. Contributions can be made online at CanaanHistoricalSociety.org or checks can be mailed to Canaan Historical Society, Post Office Box 111, Canaan, NY 12029.
The Society has a goal of finishing the exterior restoration by the building’s bicentennial in 2029.