Efforts to raise funds needed to keep the former Hancock County sheriff’s home and jail standing received a boost from the Maine Downtown Center. Its historic grants program awarded $200,000 to repair the exterior masonry on the State Street building, the nonprofit organization announced on April 12.
ELLSWORTH At a Feb. 7 meeting of the Ellsworth Historical Society, a motion was approved to form a committee of the society dedicated to seeking funding
Part of the plan would be to start a gofundme account for grassroots fundraising. Hancock County and the city of Ellsworth would also be approached for funding.
There’s been a fair amount of back and forth over the building, including what had looked like the society’s impending relinquishing of the property back to the county.