Town residents are encouraged to donate directly or in response to an appeal to the Foundation to help it fulfill its mission of enhancing the sense of community in Sherborn. The Foundation also has an Endowment Fund, which is building toward the goal of funding the costs of all Sherborn organizations who wish to meet here. In August, 1985 a group of dedicated, community-driven citizens got togeth
er and developed a plan to convert Sherborn's Old Town Hall into a community center. The steering committee included Robert Ambos, Patricia Cassell, Richard Husselbee and Dewey Talbert. From this plan was formed The Sherborn Community Center Foundation, Inc., a volunteer-run, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds to restore and maintain this historic structure. Revenue is generated via membership drives, endowment funding, gifts, functions and rental income. Operating expenses incurred in managing the building include insurance, utilities, supplies and general maintenance. Current capital investment plans include window restoration, HVAC repair and replacement, general painting, outside wall repairs and roof restorations. Thanks to everyone who shares their time and finanical support with this unique asset of the Town of Sherborn! Designed by Elbridge C. Boyden, the architect of the Worcester's Mechanics Hall, the Town had specified, "an edifice not so spacious and costly as some of our neighbors but one that in some good degree comports with the intelligence and taste of the age in which we live." When finished in 1858, the building was found to be well suited for many purposes: It housed the Town's high school (sixty students were enrolled there in 1859), the Town library, Town meetings, Board of Selectmen and other Town offices along with various charitable and cultural clubs and organizations.
