On Friday, February 7th at 5:00 PM, the Jaffrey Civic Center will present the fifth program in this season’s “Stories to Share” series. The speaker will be longtime woodworker Paul Tuller, who will offer a talk entitled “Japanese House in New Hampshire, a Long Journey”.

In 1987, the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center erected a Japanese timber frame as part of a summer of events focusing on Japanese culture. Paul Tuller was part of that raising. Sixteen years later, Paul bought the pieces of that timber frame and began building the Japanese House on his property in Dublin, New Hampshire.
After retiring from his contracting business in 2017, Paul continued to work on the house. The house was completed in 2019, after fifteen years of building. The house features custom tatami mats, elm flooring, a kotatsu table, a tokonoma, and storm, shoji, and fusuma doors. It also has sitka spruce floor panels, a glass sliding window and an entry roof and porch.
In 2020 a garden and water feature were designed for the area around the house. Excavation began in 2021, and work has been continuing since then to create a tranquil garden and pond that complement the Japanese House.

The Jaffrey Civic Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit cultural facility founded in 1966. The mission of the Jaffrey Civic Center is to provide and sustain a public venue where citizens, residents, and visitors of the Monadnock region can pursue artistic, educational, and civic activities. The Center’s goal is to contribute to the cultural enrichment and enlightenment of the community. There is no admission fee to the Civic Center and all art shows and receptions are 40 Main Street Jaffrey, NH 03452 Jaffreyciviccenter.com 603- 532-6527 The program is free of charge, but to help support this event and others like it, donations are appreciated.

The program will be available as an in-person event at the Jaffrey Civic Center and recorded. To register for in-person attendance please go to https://jaffreyciviccenter.com/stories/ or call JCC Executive Director Laura Adams at 603-532-6527. We highly encourage those who wish to attend to reserve their seat ahead of time.