The Luther Store of the Swansea Historical Society

12/29/2025

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Monetary donations can be sent to:
Swansea Historical Society
P.O. Box 723
Swansea, MA 02777
Please make checks payable to: Swansea Historical Society

Cheryl Bogle and Karen Bowen from the Swansea Historical Society gave an update on the Swansea Luther House. We talked about its history in the town, updates done…

12/11/2025

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The J.G. Luther Store has been shuttered from public view, but that's about to change. The public can get a rare glimpse of the inside this weekend.

12/06/2025

The historic Luther Store in Swansea is reopening this December for a public sneak peek after years of structural repairs.

12/06/2025

10/20/2025

Deposit due today. Please contact Ruth-Ann to sign up and arrange payment. There are still a few slots left!

08/11/2025

Update on The Luther Store

What has been done to date:

*75% of 1st floor framing replaced due to termite infestation. Pest Control Company has been retained to do bait trapping of termites, mice and other pests.
* Bats have been relocated and building has been sealed.
* Hearth and hearth support rebuilt located in first floor addition
* The crawl space floor under the back addition was covered with concrete. This is an additional step to help reduce humidity and aid in pest control.
* First floor ceiling removed to expose the 2nd floor framing issues.
* 2nd floor joist replaced and reinforced. Replacement of a portion of the top wall plate due to advanced deterioration from moisture infiltration from leaking window and high humidity in the building
* Two permanent columns placed in the 1st floor back addition to support 2nd floor attic space and portion of the Library room due to long term sagging of the support beams.
* Two exhaust fans placed in basement windows to aide in the reduction of humidity in the building. In the near future our plan is to make the building as weather tight and climate controlled as possible when funding becomes available. This will stop the costly reoccurrence and deterioration of the buildings structure that continues to happen every 10 to 15 years. Dehumidifiers cannot be placed in the building until the building is rewired and made weather tight. Placing dehumidifiers in the building before this is done would be grossly inefficient and costly.
All structural repairs to date have been paid from CPC funding.

To be completed by September 2025:

*2nd floor wall brick wall to be removed, rebuilt out of stick. This is being done due to advanced deterioration.
*Support beam of the 2nd floor wall to be reinforced with steel plates due to insufficient support for long period of time causing severe deflection.
* Electrical wiring to be replaced through the entire building. This is being paid for by a private donation of $10,000.

The Luther Store cannot reopen until all structural and environmental issues are taken care of.

We will continue to give you updates. They will be available on our website and pages. If you have any questions you can contact Cheryl Bogle at [email protected] or 508-496-9564 Donations of any amount would be greatly appreciated.