Save the Depot receives $2,000 Plum Creek Foundation grant

GREENVILLE — The Plum Creek Foundation recently awarded a $2,000 grant to the Greenville Junction Depot Friends, which aims to “Save the Depot” — Maine’s most endangered historic structure.

According to the Maine Historic Preservation Society, the Depot’s unique architecture, specifically its “Witch’s Hat,” makes it one of fewer than five buildings like it in existence and the only one of its kind in Maine.

Jane Hall, president of the Greenville Junction Depot Friends, stated that the project will address unsupported structural elements such as inadequate support for the primary floor framing beams. “The end product would be a community asset, providing space for a rail museum, an art gallery and a multi-use community meeting space,” Hall said. “Thanks to the grant from Plum Creek Foundation we will be able to help make these dreams a reality and save this special building.”

Replacement and repairs will begin in the spring.

The mission of the Greenville Junction Depot Friends is to restore and maintain the historic Greenville Junction depot building and offer a gathering place to serve the community with a venue for events. The mission of the Plum Creek Foundation is to provide philanthropic contributions to support and improve the general welfare of life in the communities that Plum Creek serves. The foundation board meets quarterly to review applications submitted from organizations in the company’s operating communities.