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Fifteen Wellfleet residents, most of whom have deep roots in the community, become the first founders and WPH board of directors. Twenty-five of Wellfleet's "movers and shakers" agree to serve on the WPH Advisory Council. In December 2006 WPH founders remove the hand-carved front doors of the building for restoration. At Town Meeting in April 2007, Wellfleet voters approve the article to transfer ownership of the former Catholic Church to Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Inc. On June 4th 2007, the cupola is removed from the building to stabilize roof and begin repair. WPH receives a grant from Arts Foundation for research and exhibition of woodcarvings by itinerant artist Johnathan Kendall to take place at Cape Cod Museum of Art. The show generates extensive publicity and is extended due to popular demand. In July of 2007, artists Jean Nelson and Brailsford Nixon complete restoration of WPH's front doors, which become the centerpiece of the Kendall exhibition.
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On November 13th, 2007 the Board of Selectmen signs the Purchase and Sale Agreement for transfer of the building.
At Town Meeting on December 3rd, Wellfleet voters unanimously approve the Community Preservation Committee’s recommendation to grant WPH $500,000 from CPA funds.
On March 13, 2008 ownership of the former Catholic church is transferred to Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Inc.
WPH selects architects James Hadley and Patricia Crow. Hadley Crow Studio on Cape Cod provides design and project management in architecture and landscape architecture, including historic preservation services in both fields. The firm’s work examines contemporary design in an historic context. Local ecology plays an important part in the design of both buildings and landscape. $1.5 million raised by March 2010 enabling Preservation Hall to begin Phase I of the construction. Preservation Hall chooses Acella Construction and breaks ground on March 20, 2010. See the beautiful new rendering of the future Wellfleet Preservation Hall by Hadley Crow Studio  |