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Vermont Historical Society asks for emergency capital work after basement flooding at Barre site
Summary
The Vermont Historical Society told the committee that drainage failures around its Barre facility led to water infiltration that damaged collections and building systems; the society requested $700,000 in emergency funds and described larger follow‑on needs.
Steven Perkins, executive director of the Vermont Historical Society, told the Senate Committee on Institutions that the society’s main facility in Barre suffered significant water infiltration following recent floods and that the organization is requesting emergency capital repairs.
Perkins said the society relocated its collections and offices to the former Spaulding High School site in Barre after repeated flooding in Montpelier and that the building’s drainage system, installed in the late 1990s, failed during the 2023 floods. “The…
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