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Beaver Island Community House construction begins, 2005

Also Community House Excavation 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2005
Kind
Construction
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
constructioncommunityfundraisingeducationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

After a decade of discussion, planning, fundraising, design changes, and zoning constraints, construction of the Beaver Island Community House began in 2005. The Beacon connected the start of excavation with the Endowed Chair campaign’s progress.

Evidence limits

The short report establishes the beginning of construction, not the final design, completion date, financing, or occupancy.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2005, "Community House Excavation."
    Reports that the Community House project had moved from years of planning, research, fundraising, and design changes into construction after the Endowed Chair campaign got off to a good start. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the construction report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community House construction begins, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-house-construction-begins-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2005, "Community House Excavation." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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