“The scale of this building is what makes it unique… I don’t think any of us really realized the full potential of what this place was going to become. We were focused on the building [which was] going to be used for the Fair. It’s amazing what it turned into. That building is a cathedral.”
Andrew Woodruff
Photo by Alison Shaw
Capacity
Front Hall
Standing: 310
Chairs only: 221
Tables and chairs: 100
Main HallStanding: 1344
Chairs only: 960
Tables and chairs: 333
Legacy runs deep through the land and buildings located at 35 Panhandle Road in West Tisbury. Formerly owned by Edwin Newhall “Bob” Woods (the great-grandson of founding father and first Secretary of the Society, Henry L. Whiting), the 20+ acres at the intersection of State & Panhandle Roads now house the ‘new’ Agricultural Hall, 2 animal barns, an outdoor riding ring and outbuildings. Ringed by open space interspersed with old growth trees and flanked to one side by a large hayfield, the site oozes rural tranquility and charm.
The main hall, a wooden barn originally located in rural New Hampshire, was painstakingly dismantled board by board, numerically tagged, stacked, bundled and brought to the island in the spring of 1994 by 42 volunteer ‘Barnbusters’. In November of that year, in a confluence of goodwill, hundreds of folks from every corner of the island helped raise, sheath, shingle and paint the ‘new’ Hall. A front hall and verandah were added in the style and spirit of the ‘old’ Ag Hall, now known as the Grange Hall, on State Road.
The property is available for limited weddings, funerals, religious, non-profit, educational and governmental events as well as agricultural and related activities. We cannot accommodate Birthday or Anniversary celebrations. Please contact us to inquire if your event falls into these categories, to check date availability and for current rental rates.