The History of The Community House of Hamilton & Wenham
In 1921 the Mandell family built The Community House in memory of the eight
men of both towns who died in military service during World War I, including
their son, Sam. They commissioned Guy Lowell, a respected architect of
Boston and New York, to design the building, and gave The Community House in
trust for the use of the residents of both towns.
To learn more download the *full history of the
Community House here.
Much of this information was gathered from the text of a speech given by
former Community House President and Mandell family grandson, C.G. Rice. The speech
was given April 25, 1985 to the Hamilton Historical Association. Marie
Saunders, Executive Director, and her staff gathered other material from the
Community House records in 1983-85. Finally, Ann Chivakos,
Administrative Assistant and Margo Druschel, Executive Director, made a
cursory search of the files, and interviewed board members and
residents as well.
*(The history is provided in portable document files (pdf) and
is readable and printable through Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do
not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it free, by
clicking here.)
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