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The former Key Bank building at 107 Main St. in Winthrop has a new owner the
Winthrop Maine Historical Society, which ended a 10-year process of looking for a new home when it closed on the 2,596-square-foot building in February.
The society paid $100,000 for the building, funded through donations, including a GoFundMe page. Brokers Eben Thomas, of
Thomas Agency, and Mary Denison, of
Lake and Denison, helped seal the deal, the society said. The building will be called the Winthrop History and Heritage Center once renovations are complete (which requires more fundraising), and the society intends to make good use of two large bank vaults in the building. The building will house its extensive collection and also have display, function and gift-shop space.
Winthrop Maine Historical Society to meet March 11 via Zoom
Regular business meeting planned to celebrate acquisition of Key Bank building.
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Winthrop Maine Historical Society Board of Directors gather from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11, to celebrate the acquisition of Key Bank on Main Street in Winthrop for the future Winthrop History and Heritage Center.
For more than 10 years the society has been investigating and working to find a home for the many items that overtime have been donated to the society. In 2019, the Board of Directors began in earnest the task of actually finding a suitable home in downtown, according to a news release from Mary Richards of Winthrop.