NORWAY — The Gingerbread House Task Force is throwing a Gingerbread House party Tuesday to celebrate the completion of phase one of the plans to save the building, and to ask residents to help plan for its future.

The meeting, which will be in the front reading room of the library, will include a slide show of pictures of the interior of the house.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. In addition to a slide show, participants will hear about the completion of phase one of the project to save the 1851 house, including the recent receipt of a $75,000 anonymous donation, and a chance to give input into the future of the building. The gathering will be moderated by Dennise Whitley, a Norway resident and professional facilitator.

The major fundraising effort is the first phase of a three-phase plan to save the building, which is known historically as the Evans-Cummings House and locally as the Gingerbread House.

The house with its octagonal tower has graced the entrance to Norway from the north since the early 1850s. Its builder was Richard Evans, a contractor who also built the Nash house on Pleasant Street and the passenger station at South Paris. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Ginger cookies and local cider will be served.

Pat Shearman is chairwoman of the Gingerbread House Task Force. Other members are Joan Beal, Jim Boyce, Andrea Burns, Ellen Gibson, Ann Siekman and Norma Webber. For more information, contact Shearman at 743-0505 or talk with any of the members of the task force.

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