In his first job as owner of Robert Morgan Steeple, Michael Duke tackles repairing the bell tower on the Gorham Congregational Church. Duke had worked for the company for 18 years before purchasing it and moving its base to Errol. The tower dates bace to 1904. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
In his first job as owner of Robert Morgan Steeple, Michael Duke tackles repairing the bell tower on the Gorham Congregational Church. Duke had worked for the company for 18 years before purchasing it and moving its base to Errol. The tower dates bace to 1904. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
In his first job as owner of Robert Morgan Steeple, Michael Duke tackles repairing the bell tower on the Gorham Congregational Church. Duke had worked for the company for 18 years before purchasing it and moving its base to Errol. The tower dates bace to 1904. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
In his first job as owner of Robert Morgan Steeple, Michael Duke tackles repairing the bell tower on the Gorham Congregational Church. Duke had worked for the company for 18 years before purchasing it and moving its base to Errol. The tower dates bace to 1904. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
GORHAM — The bell tower on the historical Gorham Congregational Church is getting some needed repair work. The Congregational Church, a member of the United Church of Christ, was the first church built in town and has existed continuously since then The original spire was replaced in 1904 with the current one is leaking and damaging the interior of the building.
“This is the first church I am doing on my own,” said Michael Duke, the new owner of Robert Morgan Steeple and building restoration. “But I started working for Robert Morgan the previous owner at 18 and I am now 36. We have been up and down the eastern seaboard from Delaware to Pennsylvania New York all the states in between and every exit in Vermont.”
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