METHUEN — First, it was a farmhouse, then a summer home and gatehouse, now a museum.
This summer Historic Methuen, formerly known as the Methuen Historical Society, completed work on yet another project at the property at 37 Pleasant St. this summer.
The $600,000 project included replacing the roof, which had been installed in 1990 along with much of the initial restoration work.
By 1988, the building was vacant.
“Then, people starting throwing stones through the windows,” Katherine Robinson said.
In response, the community boarded the place up and some reached out to the state for help which agreed to provide $1 million for a renovation and for the larger Greycourt Estate.
“It deserved to be saved,” Robinson said. “We wanted it to be the museum that it is now.”
The museum highlights Methuen’s three millionaires — Charles Tenney, Edward Searles and David Nevins.
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