Mad RIver Lodge #77 Building chronology
(draft- all dates need research)
Two previous buildings on site burned
1845 present building constructed (despite made-up 1830 date attached circa 1990)
Boyce General Store until purchased by Masons circa 1921
Mad RIver Lodge met at that time in rear of building two doors south. Present lodge room piano was moved from that building.
Cement floor poured in basment 1980 (Gary Belknap et al)
Support posts in dining room and basement 1990 (Bob Tracy)
Lodge room insulated, re-wired, new inner walls/ceiling, redecorated 1992, (Bob Tracy and Clay Wagner) re-dedicated in 1993 at 150th anniversary of Mad River Lodge.
Dining Room Floor refinished 1998 (Al Rosetto)
New porch deck 2003 (Rick Rayfield)
Professional Building Report funded in part by Vermont Preservation Trust and Town of Waitsfield 2004 (Charles Kettles and RIck Rayfield)
Building Committee addresses long term plan to bring building into good condition 2005 (Bob Danaher)
New roof and much trim work 2005 (Gary Bombard)
Kitchen Remodelled 2006 (Gary Bombard)
Tuckponting, pump room partitions, new pump and hot water sustem , electrical and plumbing to code, and some windows 2007-8 (Neil Matheson, Chris Keast, Tim Baker)
Basement walls south and east poured 2009 (Neil Matheson)
Porch- Lodge has voted to continue porch restoration, and has appointed a committee to propose use of lower floor as commercial rental space, with funds appropriated if needed for engineering evaluation for said use.