Gingerbread House
Car hits Norway’s Gingerbread House
NORWAY — The 1851 Gingerbread House was struck Tuesday afternoon by a car that rolled backward across Main Street, blowing a hole in the cinder-block wall under the four-story turret. No one was injured, police officer Kyle Hladik said. Hladik said Brandon Villafane, 30, of Hebron parked a Subaru station wagon at Norm’s Trash to […]
Work continues on Gingerbread House roof; funds still needed
NORWAY — Work on the historic Gingerbread House continued this week with the restoration of its two chimneys. Randy Wells of Wells & Son Masonry of Turner and his assistant, Wade Kibbee, have been working some 40 feet above ground for the past month repointing the two chimneys. A liner will be placed in the […]
Ordway house tour offered for Gingerbread House donation
NORWAY – People can tour a local landmark Saturday if they buy a bundle of roofing shingles for the Gingerbread House on Main Street. On Sept. 28, Friends of the Gingerbread House will be at the 19th-century landmark to offer a tour of the nearby Ordway house on Pleasant Street in return for a $50 […]
Summer projects continue on the Gingerbread House
NORWAY — The shingle siding on the Gingerbread House is being removed from the historic building to reveal the original clapboards for the first time in decades. The Friends of the Gingerbread House say the work is part of projects this summer to restore the former Evans-Cummings House on Main Street. Many of these projects are […]
Preparations under way for new Norway footbridge
NORWAY — Preparations are underway for the placement of a footbridge across Pennesseewassee Stream behind the Gingerbread House on Main Street. The footbridge will span the stream from Water Street to Main Street. It improves access from the municipal parking lot on Water Street to the Gingerbread House, Lajos Matolcsy Art Gallery and other sites […]