Portland Conservatory of Music moving to former church building in West End
The music school has been based at Woodfords Congregational Church for the past 12 years and was able to purchase the Neal Street building thanks to an anonymous donor.
The Portland Conservatory of Music is moving to a former church at 28 Neal St. in Portland.
Courtesy of Portland Conservatory of Music
The Portland Conservatory of Music has purchased a former church building at 28 Neal St. in Portland’s West End and will begin offering lessons and holding concerts there in the fall.
An anonymous donor gave the conservatory about $1 million for the purchase, which closed May 12. The conservatory has been based at Woodfords Congregational Church for the past 12 years. The recently vacant Neal Street building is the former home of the Second Parish Presbyterian Church, which conducted its final service in the West End on Easter Sunday. It has moved to Scarborough.