FAIRHAVEN Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School students lent a hand in giving the historic Revere Bell a new home at town hall.
Previously located at the former Oxford School, soon to become senior housing, the Revere Bell is moving to the right side of Town Hall behind the flagpole area.
Once the school was closed and sold to become a housing development, the bell was removed from its original place. Voc-Tech students built a new beam from which the bell was hanging out of metal and wood to help create a new housing for the bell.
This three-year project is still ongoing. The Fairhaven Bell Committee, led by Doug Brady, asked Voc-Tech students lend a hand. Students from visual design, carpentry, engineering and welding/metal fabrication shops have become involved, creating a 3-D model of the original bell to help them design the perfect size for the bell s housing. Over the past few years, students have built a trailer for the bell for use in parades.
FAIRHAVEN A little piece of Fairhaven history has finally been returned home.
The cupola, which once housed the famous Paul Revere Bell on top of the Oxford School, was restored and erected back onto the building on Jan. 9, after being removed five years ago.
This wasn’t announced to the town beforehand, as a way of mitigating crowds forming.
“It was a low-key surprise event for the town. It’s a missed part of the North Fairhaven skyline. Everyone involved did this because they love the town and doing things where they can say ‘I helped with that.’ There’s a lot of pride in this,” said Lee Baumgartner, member of the Fairhaven Bell Committee.