Welcome.

Ten years in — and the Meetinghouse story continues.

A decade ago, a small group of neighbors set out to preserve Gloucester's historic 1806 Meetinghouse and open it back up to the whole community. In the ten years since, we've made the building carbon-neutral, restored the iconic 125-foot bell tower and re-gilded its pennant weathervane, and brought the beautiful Princeton Elm allée back to life on hidden irrigation and accessible walkways — about $1 million of work, raised through your generosity and from private, municipal, and state sources.

A civic and cultural hub for Cape Ann.

The Meetinghouse now hosts a wide range of community events — symposia on the state of democracy, housing, gun violence, climate change, and our regional medical system; our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day commemoration; a full concert and lecture season; and Music on Meetinghouse Green, our free summer concert series that supports local non-profit partners through audience donations. Over 250 events in ten years, in Federal-period elegance and superb concert-hall acoustics, in the treasured home of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.

So much accomplished — so much more to do.

Interior restoration is still underway: a performing-arts venue for up to 500 people, served by energy-efficient climate control to match the carbon-neutral envelope we've already built. As we mark our tenth year, we're also hiring our first operations manager so our small band of volunteers can keep going. A generous donor recently said he gives because we “do a lot with a little.” We'd love your help to keep doing more.