Welcome to Searles School and Chapel 35 Range Road, Rte 111 Windham, New Hampshire

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Welcome to Searles School and Chapel35 Range
Road, Rte 111Windham, New Hampshire
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Windham Historic Commission

• Marion Dinsmore - Co- Chairman
• Patricia Skinner - Co- Chairman 
• Wayne Bailey - Treasurer
• Fred Linnemann - Secretary
• Sally D'Angelo
• George Dinsmore
• Betty Dunn
• Peter Griffin
• Carol Pynn
• Mim Stoltz
• Bill Wallace
• Facility Coordinator - Jeanette McMahon

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Searles History - Restoration Started in 1994

• Built by Edward Searles 1907 1909
• Architect Henry Vaughan
• Donated to Windham 1909
• Used as Grammar School 1909- 1974
• National Registry 1976
• Used by Windham Cooperative Kindergarten 1975 -
  1993
• Initial Restoration Study Commissioned 1990
• Restoration Began 1994
• East Room
• Tower Rooms
• Basement
• West Room Restored 2003 - 2004

1923 Post Card
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Architectural Layout
West Room
East Room
Tower
Handicap Elevator
Bathrooms
Basement Layout
Kitchen
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East Room Designed as Chapel
Architectural Design - Gothic Revival Barrel
Vaulted Ceiling - Cypress Wainscoting -
Georgia Pine Capacity - 56 Tables/Chairs
-100 Chairs
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East Room Loft
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East Room Windows
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West Room Designed as a School Room
Capacity - 56 Tables/Chairs - 100
Chairs
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West Room Rear Entrance
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West Room - Interior View
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West Room Side Windows

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Basement Area
New Furnace Air Conditioning
New Kitchen Bathrooms
Handicap Elevator
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Fully Equipped Kitchen Area
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Handicap Accessible Entrance
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Carillon Pull 2nd Floor of Tower
12 Tubular Chimes
Manufactured by Searles Chime Factory Methuen,
Mass.
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Carillons Located in Lighted 3rd Floor Tower
Room
Carillon Hammers
Carillon Chimes
Carillon Ties
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Searles Front Gardens Designed and Donated by
the Windham Garden Club
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Current Rental Fees per Room

• Residents Private Function
• 67 Per Hour/Per Room
• 200 Minimum Fee
• Non-Residents Private Function
• 133Per Hour/Per Room
• 400Minimum Fee
• Non Profit Groups
• Custodial Fee Only

• East Room (Chapel)
• - 56 Tables and Chairs
• - 100 Chairs
• West Room (School)
• - 85 Tables and Chairs
• - 160 Chairs

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Choose theSearles School Chapelfor your next
Function